Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
September 20, 2011
Submitted
September 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
439
Aircraft time
43,614 hours, 13,338 cycles
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

RED CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING, PERFORMED DESCENT TO 10,000 FT ON CABIN PRESSURE SYS PAGE, BOTH OUTFLOW VALVES SHOW AMBER & FULL OPEN - NO ECAM MESSAGE, CABIN ALTITUDE 10,000 FT. UNABLE TO CONTROL CABIN ALTITUDE . PACK VALVES SHOW AMBER AND CLOSED INTERMITTENTLY ON AIR BLEED SYS PAGE - NO ECAM MESSAGE. VISUALLY INSPECTED IGNITION CONTROL SWITCH CONDITIONS FOUND SATISFACTORY. CLEANED THE SWITCH ASSY, R & R RELAY 215HB & 61GB ASSY IAW SWMP. CARRIED OUT ECAM, INPUT BITE TEST FOUND ALL NORMAL. OPS CHECKED OUTFLOW VALVE IN MANUAL MODE IAW AMM 21-31-00-5 FOUND SATISFACTORY. PERFORMED EN NR 1 & NR 2 ENGINE GROUND RUNS IAW JRH, CHECKED A/C PACKS AND OUTFLOW VALVES ALL WORKS NORMAL. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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