Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
September 23, 2022
Submitted
September 26, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509AY
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
3796
Aircraft time
46,363 hours, 16,995 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
38762552
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE IDG INOPERATIVE AND ON MEL THE APU AUTO SHUTDOWN AT ALTITUDE AND TEH AIRCRAFT WAS DOWN TO ONE POWER SOURCE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MEM WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU LOW OIL PRESSURE SWITCH PER AMM 49-94-14.