Service difficulty report · Bottle · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 31, 2007
Submitted
February 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N447UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
836
Aircraft time
30,126 hours, 11,571 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Bottle
Condition
Out Of Limits
Location
L2 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

DOOR 2L BOTTLE PRESSURE IS OUT OF LIMITS. [SUP 05-08-07] THE DOOR 2L ASSIST BOTTLE BEING BELOW LIMITS WAS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE ON THIS AIRCRAFT. AT THE NEXT OCCURRENCE OF THE SAME FAULT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR DAMPER CYLINDER WAS FAULTY AND IT WAS REPLACED. OVERHAUL OF THE DAMPER CYLINDER FOUND A PUNCTURED DIAPHRAGM, WHICH WAS ALLOWING A SLOW LEAK IN THE SYSTEM AND RESULTED IN THE CHRONIC LOW ASSIST BOTTLE CONDITION.

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