SDR CA060511002

Service difficulty report · Manifold · Airbus A340313

Difficulty date: May 10, 2006
Submitted: June 6, 2006
Operation: General aviation
Make and model: Airbus A340313
Aircraft time: 41,383 hours
Engine: Cfmint CFM565C4
System (JASC): 3520 · Passenger Oxygen System
Part: Manifold
Part number: 630130018
Condition: Cracked
Location: Pax Oxygen
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT HAD 22 MANIFOLDS FOUND CRACKED. LOOKED AT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO PROVIDE SPARES, BUT FOUND MOST OF ITS MANIFOLDS CRACKED TOO. DRAGER (VENDOR) CONTACTED, AND WILL PROVIDE REPLACEMENTS. MANIFOLD IS MADE OF A VARIETY OF PLASTIC, WHICH IS BRITTLE.

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