Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
April 29, 2009
Submitted
May 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N674FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
781
Aircraft time
17,880 hours, 9,472 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
1225P421
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Hyd System
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

IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF GOT ECAM MSG ON BLUE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW. COMPLIED WITH QRH. NEITHER QTY OR PRESSURE GOT TO ZERO. SERVICED BLUE SYSTEM HYD PER AIRBUS MM REF 12-12-29-0, OPERATED ELECT HYD PUMPS, OPERATED ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS AND CHECKED FOR LEAKS, ALSO RAN NR 1 ENG AND CK'D QTY LEVELS,RAN FLIGHT CONTROLS,SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY WITH NO LEAKS OR DAMAGE TO SYSTEM.ENG RUN PER JRH PROCEEDURES.ACFT OK FOR FLIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED BLUE HP MANIFOLD PRESSURE SWITCH PER A300 AMM REF 29-12-12-4. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO LEAKS AT THIS TIME.

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