Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
May 18, 2015
Submitted
May 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N764US
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1369
Part
Bypass Valve
Part number
114087006
Part serial
CWDDDH59699
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg Door
Part time
34,368 hours, 25,549 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 2028 EN-ROUTE, RECEIVED ECAM MSG, GREEN ENG 1 LOW PRESS, ON CLIMB OUT. LOST GREEN HYD SYS. NR 1 ENG GREEN HYD PUMP CAVITATED. ALSO, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE GREEN HYD FOUND PTU INOPERATIVE, RESET NO HELP. ELECTED TO RETURN, THE LOCAL ATC TOWER DECLARED THE EMER. AFTER LANDING, THE ACFT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE GATE. REPLACED THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT & NR 1 ENG DRIVEN HYD PUMP. FOUND THE MLG DOOR GND BYPASS VLV LEAKING, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REPLACED THE MLG DOOR BYPASS VLV.

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