Service difficulty report · Controller · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
July 3, 2007
Submitted
July 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N409FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
273
Aircraft time
36,937 hours, 23,478 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
82010B040901
Part serial
246
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ATB AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AFTER TAKEOFF. ECAM MAN PRESS VALVE INDICATED OPEN. EMERGENCY VALVE INDICATION IN COCKPIT NEAR HANDLE INDICATED CLOSED AND VALVE LOOKED CLOSED ON PREFLIGHT. PERFORMED CABIN PRESSURE CONTROL AND MONITORING TEST PER AMM 21-31-00-5. ALL TESTS CHECKED OK PER AMM. WHEN A/C CAME BACK TO GATE SYS NR 2 CONTROLLER WAS IN COMMAND. REPLACED NR 2 CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER AS PER AMM A310-200 21-31-11-4. OPS CK PER 21-31-00-5.

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