Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
February 26, 2009
Submitted
March 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N670FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
777
Aircraft time
18,128 hours, 9,607 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
642500052
Part serial
11706
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd Pressure
Part time
3,536 hours, 1,826 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY DECREASED TO RED DOT. (READABLE INDICATION THROUGH LANDING) TO RED DOT. ECAM LOW LEVEL WARNING ACTUATED. KRUGER FAILED WITH OUT HYD. PRESS. IN FLIGHT AFTER LANDING. GREEN SYSTEM QTY. INCREASED TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. PER CREW DEBRIEF, BOTH GREEN EDP'S SHUTOFF WITHIN 10 SECS. OF LOW LEVEL WARNING. AFTER TOW-IN, FOUND GREEN HYDRAULIC QUANTITY AT 5 GALLONS READING AT RESERVOIR. AT THIS TIME IT THAT GREEN HP BRAKE MANIFOLD PRESSURE TRANSMITTER IS LEAKING. STATIC LEAK OF 1 DROP FLUID PER SECOND. POWERED UP GREEN HYD. SYS. AND FOUND GREEN HP TRANSMITTER GUSHING FLUID. PER MM 29-00-00-3 C/W STEPS IN PARA 11D2B1-4 NOTE THAT THE FIRE VALVES WERE NEVER CLOSED SO FLUSH NOT REQUIRED. NOT ABLE TO DO STEP 11D2B5 AT THIS TIME TILL PRESSURER TRANSMITTER IS CHANGED MM 29-00-00-3 PARA 11D STEP 25 C/W CKS GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED GREEN HIGH PRESSURE TRANSMITTER IAW 29-32-13-4. OPS AND LEAK CHECKS GOOD. RAN BOTH ENGINES, CYCLED ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS WITH NO DEVIATION IN PRESSURE OR QUANTITY. CHECKED DPI'S AFTER RUN, ALL CHECKED GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE. SERVICED G RESERVOIR TO MID HAT.

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