Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
June 18, 2011
Submitted
June 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N665FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
769
Aircraft time
23,085 hours, 12,399 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
4909505
Part serial
1222
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, FLAPS STUCK AT APPROX 18 DURING RETRACTION. CYCLED FLAP HANDLE W/O ANY MOVEMENT. BOTH FLAP SYS FAULTED ON OVERHEAD. SFCC NR1 FAULTED BOX, SFCC NR2 FAULTED POWER. ARRIVING AT THE ACFT, WE FOUND THE SUPPLY PRESSURE SWITCH FAULT LOGGED IN THE SFCC 1. ALSO, THE AIR LIGHT FOR THE GREEN RESEVOIR WAS ON. RAN NR 1 ENGINE TO BRING THE AIR UP IN THE RESEVOIR AND TO CHECK THE FLAP OPERATION WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. FOUND THE FLAPS WOULD MOVE WITH A FAULT IN NR 1 FLAP SYS THAT WOULD NOT CLEAR. FOUND THE SUPPLY PRESSURE SWITCH FAULT RE-ALLUMINATED. R & R THE GREEN VALVE BODY GROUP SUPPLY PRESSURE SWITCH, LEAK AND OPS CK WAS GOOD REF AMM A310-27-54-33-04. ALSO REPLACED NR 1 SFCC PRECAUTIONARY DUE TO PAST HISTORY REF AMM A310-27-51-18-04, OPS CK WAS GOOD.

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