Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
October 4, 2011
Submitted
October 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N654FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
738
Aircraft time
25,307 hours, 13,210 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
642500051
Part serial
11998
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Part time
18,333 hours, 9,938 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL350 ECAM ANNUCIATED "HYD-GREEN SYS RESEVOIR- LO" FOLLOWED BY GREEN FLUID LOW INDICATION ON OVERHEAD PANEL HYD SCHEMATIC PAGE. FOLLOWED ECAM PROCEDURES , QRH PROCEDURES AND GRAVITY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR FOR AN UNEVENTFUL APPROACH AND LANDING AT KIND ON INITIAL INSPECTION OF WHEEL WELL AREA FOUND GREEN SYS PRESSURE TRANSMITTER SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE, R & R GREEN SYS PRESS TRANSMITTER IAW 29-32-13-04-0, ALSO RESERVICED GREEN SYS HYD IAW 12-12-000, LEAK AND OPS CK GOOD, RAN BOTH ENGINES IAW CHAP 5, ALSO PERFORMED FREE FALL EXTENSION MT PRACTICES IAW 32-33-00-02. OK FOR SVC.

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