Service difficulty report · Bolt · Airbus A330*

Difficulty date
November 5, 2004
Submitted
March 15, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airbus A330*
System (JASC)
1430 · Fasteners
Part
Bolt
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bypass Valve
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

A DOOR BYPASS VALVE WAS RETURNED FOR INVESTIAGTION. THE REASON FOR RETURN WAS ON PUSHBACK, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED GREEN RESERVOIR LOW LEVEL, WHERE THE INVESTIGATION FOUND A LEAK ON THE DOOR BYPASS VALVE. THE INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED THAT BOLT HAD SHEARED. FURTHER INVESTIAGTION AT MFG INDICATED THAT INITIATING FORCE HAD RESULTED IN A CRACK THAT PROPAGATED ACROSS THE BOLT SECTION, RESULTING IN FAILURE. THE BOLTS COULD BE YIELDED WHEN TIGHTENED. (K)