Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 15, 2007
Submitted
March 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N412UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
465
Aircraft time
44,523 hours, 15,701 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Hydraulic System
Condition
Reads Low
Location
Green System
Stage of operation
AP
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

GREEN HYDRAULIC LOW LEVEL QTY ECAM ON FINAL. PRESSURE STILL GOOD ON GREEN SYSTEM. EMERGENCY DECLARED. AMBER ALERT. [SUP 06-01-07] PERFORMED A LEAK CHECK WITH ELECTRIC AND ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS OPERATING AND DID NOT FIND ANY LEAKS. 2 DAYS PRIOR, NR 2 ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP WAS REPLACED. IT WAS ALSO NOTED AS PART OF THE SAME MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY THAT THE YELLOW AND GREEN SYSTEMS WERE OVER SERVICED AND WERE SLIGHTLY DRAINED TO BRING LEVELS WITHIN NORMAL SPECS. SUSPECT THAT TOO MUCH FLUID WAS DRAINED AND/OR DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR NEW EDP NOT BEING FULL OF FLUID YET.

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