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SDR AALA202209301901

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Service difficulty report · None · Airbus A300*

FAA SDR system

Difficulty date
September 28, 2022
Submitted
September 30, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509AY
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
3796
Aircraft time
46,369 hours, 16,998 cycles
System (JASC)
4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
Part
None
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Component
Apu · Honeywell · 1319A
Component part number
38007081
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
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 HAND ENGINE GENERATOR INOPERATIVE AND ON MEL, THE APU AUTO SHUT DOWN ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT AT FL 290. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PDX AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DOWN TO 1 GENERATOR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT PDX AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. ** ORIGINAL REPORT WAS AALA202209299956** MAINTENANCE FOUND APU OIL COOLING FAN LEAKING OIL INTO THE APU OIL PRESSURE SWITCH CANNON PLUG. REPLACED APU OIL COOLING FAN PER AMM 49-52-51 AND CLEANED APU OIL PRESSURE SWITCH CANNON PLUG (AALA202209301901). A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.