What was found
AIRCRAFT LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT DUE TO FAILURE OF GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. YAW DAMPER NR 1 WAS FOUND LEAKING. SUBSEQUENT REPLACEMENT WITH NEW YAW DAMPER AND OPS CHECK WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO FURTHER ANOMALY.
- Difficulty date
- January 7, 2004
- Submitted
- January 27, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N401UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 435
- Aircraft time
- 33,583 hours, 12,286 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- Engine time
- 6,394 hours
- System (JASC)
- 2200 · Auto Flight System
- Part
- Damper
- Part number
- SC47003
- Part serial
- 1890
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Nr 1 Yaw
- 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.