Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
March 7, 2015
Submitted
March 18, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N280AV
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1400
Aircraft time
1,024,410 hours, 1,609 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Open
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE CABIN ALTITUDE REACH 9000 & THE RATE WAS 100 FT MIN. AFTER TAKEOFF FUEL IMBALANCE OF INNER TANK WAS MORE THAN 7000 KG 28000LH 24800 RT, OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS PERFORMED. IAW AMM TASK 21-26-00-040-801 REF DMI 258 EXTRACT VLV FOUND OPEN IN FT. REPOSITIONED & MX PROCS C OUT SUCCESSFULLY. FOUND INNER TANK INLET VLV INOPERATIVE TRANSFERRED TO MEL 28-25-04 1 CAT C DMI NBR 261 CAT C-RII- OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION C OUT IAW 05-51-11 SUCCESSFULLY. ACFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.

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