Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
April 6, 2010
Submitted
April 13, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N730FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
659
Aircraft time
33,193 hours, 17,006 cycles
Part
Outflow Valve
Part number
88005B0306
Part serial
1176
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin Pressure
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

DURING CLIMB OUT,PASSING ABOUT FL280,RECEIVED RT CABIN DOOR WARNING LIGHT,AFTER PUSHING DOOR HANDLE THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT,BUT THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO 10,000,RESULTING IN A CABIN PRESS WARNING. PERFORMED BITE TEST OF NR 2 CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER, BITE WAS GOOD. SUSPECT THE FORWARD OUTFLOW VALVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FWD OUTFLOW VALVE REF M/M 21-31-12-4.

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