Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
September 7, 2003
Submitted
September 8, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
052
Aircraft time
44,755 hours, 20,354 cycles
Part
Hydraulic System
Condition
Low
Location
Yellow
Stage of operation
CL
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

AIR TURN BACK-FLT 0459-AFTER T/O, EN ROUTE, RECD ECAM YELLOW AND GREEN HYD SYS LOW PRESS IND, TURNED BACK AND LANDED. MAINT PWR UP YELLOW, GREEN HYD SYS, NO ECAM WARNING PRESENT, FOUND QTY LEVELS OF BOTH SYS LOW, BUT ABOVE MIN GAUGE LEVEL (GAUGE AND ECAM QTY LEVELS MATCH). REPORT IND YELLOW AND GREEN ENG DRIVEN PUMPS (EDP) WERE SELECTED TO OFF AFTER LOW PRESS IND WERE DISPLAYED. INSP ENG NR 1 (GREEN) AND ENG NR 2 (YELLOW) HYD HIGH PRESS BYPASS IND PINS, HYD CTRL UNIT BYPASS IND PIN, AND EDP BYPASS IND PINS, NO PINS WERE EXTENDED. CKD GREEN, YELLOW, AND BLUE HYD SYS HEAD PRESS, ALL READ (76 PSI) WITHIN LIMITS. SERVICED YELLOW AND GREEN SYS HYDR AND PERFORMED ENG RUN, QTY AND PRES WERE CORRECT. NO LEAKS NOTED.

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