Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 4, 2003
Submitted
February 26, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
857
Aircraft time
16,039 hours, 5,573 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Actuator
Part number
SC47003
Part serial
1764
Condition
Leaking
Location
Yaw Damper Servo
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LOSS OF GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM INFLIGHT. GREEN HYD RSVR LOW LEVEL ECAM. REPLACED GREEN SYSTEM RETURN FILTER ELEMENT AND YAW DAMPER SERVO ACTUATOR. RESERVICED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. THE EVENT REOCCURED ON THE NEXT FLIGHT. AN INTERNAL HYD LEAK CHECK AND A VERIFICATION TEST FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED TO ISOLATE LEAK. NO LEAKS WERE FOUND NOR WAS THE PROBLEM DUPLICATED. RUDDER SERVO CONTROL (GREEN SYSTEM) AND THE T.H.S. HYDRAULIC MOTOR ACTUATOR WERE REPLACED PRECAUTIONARY.

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