SDR 97ZZZX3721

Service difficulty report · Switch Cover · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
August 6, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Part
Switch Cover
Part number
A813625
Condition
Misoverhauled
Location
Eng Fire Bottle
Component
Kidde · 81360021
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF ENGINE FIRE BOTTLE ASSY, NOTICED THE ORIGINAL PRESSURE SWITCH COVER, PN A813625, HAD BEEN RE-WELDED TO THE LEG STUMPS CONTRARY TO THE DIRECTIONS AS WRITTEN ON WALTER KIDDE SB 813600-26-01. THIS SB SPECIFICALLY DIRECTS THE PERSON PERFORMING THE HYDROSTATIC TEST OF THIS SPHERE TO CUT THE SWITCH COVER LEGS, FILE DOWN THE LEG STUMPS, REMOVE THE PRESSURE SWITCH, PN 282141, DISCARD THE ORIGINAL SWITCH COVER, PN A813625, AND, AFTER HYDROTEST, TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL SWITCH COVER WITH A KIT, CONSISTING OF A COLLAR, PN A813635-1, COVER, PN A813636-1, AND ATTACHING SCREWS, PN MS167997-3, AND MS16995-3.