Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A300B4605R

Difficulty date
August 4, 2007
Submitted
August 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N731FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4605R
Aircraft serial
709
Aircraft time
29,318 hours, 14,930 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
30829100
Part serial
4866
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Spoilers
Part time
28 hours, 24 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLT, LT WING SPOILER NR 4 DEPLOYED INFLT. A/C ROLLED HARD LT. DISC A/P AND COUNTERED RT. SPOILERS ON BOTH WINGS DEPLOYED FOR REMAINDER OF FLT. SPOILER NR 4 PREV MEL. ON DEBRIEFING CREW, RT WING SPOILERS DEPLOYED FOR CTRL . CORRECTION ONLY. RDU - MX FOUND FAULT CODES EFCU1 M-2 3 AND 6. SWAPPED EFCU FAULT CODED EFCU POSITION 1 M-2 4 AND 7. EFCU'S RETURNED TO ORIG POS. DO THE FOLLOWING. INSPECT 4L SPOILER SURFACE AND HINGES FOR DAMAGE. CHECK WIRING FROM THE EFCU' TO THE 4L ACTUATOR AND VALVE GROUP. REPLACE 4L SPOILER VALVE GROUP. REMOVED AND REPLACED 4L SPOILER GROUP VALVE PER MM 27-64-12-4. OPS CHECKS LEAK CHECKS GOOD.

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