Service difficulty report · Selector · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 17, 2003
Submitted
July 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N642AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
584
Aircraft time
28,190 hours, 1,119 cycles
Part
Selector
Part number
A25461103
Part serial
H99
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Hyd System
Part time
28,196 hours, 11,199 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O, S, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NORMAL AND PARKING BRAKES FAILED AT GATE. NORMAL BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO STOP AIRCRAFT, PARKING BRAKE WAS SET & STARTED TO SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENG WHEN AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL. NORMAL BRAKES REAPPLIED & PARKING BRAKE RESET, AIRCRAFT STOPPED THEN STARTED TO ROLL AGAIN. NORMAL BRAKES APPLIED WITH NO EFFECT, RECYCLED PARKING BRAKE WHILE FIRST OFFICER SHUTDOWN NR 1 ENG. AIRCRAFT WAS CHOCKED AND STOPPED ROLLING. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND FOUND GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM MIGRATING TO YELLOW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. DURING T/S FOUND THERE WAS NO BRAKE PRESSURE WITH THE NR 1 ENG AND ONLY THE GREEN HYD SYS BEING USED. REMOVED AND REPLACED AUTOMATIC SELECTOR VALVE, OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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