Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
December 7, 2025
Submitted
December 10, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972UY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4123
Aircraft time
53,148 hours, 20,517 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Part number
D2917000902000
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
L, K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INTO DEN DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT DURING LEVEL OFF AT FLIGHT LEVEL 240 THE ECAM MESSAGES FOR YELLOW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW LEVEL AND LOW PRESSURE ILLUMINATED. THE YELLOW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LEVEL READ ZERO ON THE ECAM HYDRAULIC PAGE. THE FLIGHT CREW TUNED OFF THE PTU AND YELLOW HYDRAULIC ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP PER THE ECAM PROCDURE. THE FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE NON-NORMAL LANDING PROCEDURES AND LANDED SAFELY AT DEN WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND YELLOW HYDRAULIC LINE BROKEN AND HAD PULLED OUT OF THE B-NUT IN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE HYDRAULIC LINE AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO ISSUES NOTED.

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