Service difficulty report · Warning Message · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
May 24, 2013
Submitted
May 28, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
778
Aircraft time
23,196 hours, 12,560 cycles
Part
Warning Message
Condition
False Indication
Location
Hyd System
Part time
15,911 hours, 4,045 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

GREEN HYD LOW QTY, ECAMS DURING FLIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST BUT THEN BECAME STEADY. QTY OVERHEAD INDICATED JUST ABOVE RED DOT, ECAM INDICATION WAS AT TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE MIN LEVEL (RED). COMPLIED WITH ECAM AND TURNED OFF GREEN PUMPS. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF HYD FLUID LEAK ON ARRIVAL TO GATE. RESERVOIR GAGE READING SIX GALLONS AND COCKPIT HYD QTY INDICATOR READING MIDDLE OF GREEN BAND, ECAM HYD PAGE READING WAS NORMAL. AFTER 30 MINUTES AT GATE, RESEVOIR READING DOWN TO 4.7 GALLONS AND COCKPIT INDICATION OUT OF GREEN BAND. PERFORMED WIRE SHAKE TEST AROUND RESEVOIR, GROUND SERVICE PANEL, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. R & R GREEN RESERVOIR QTY TRANSMITTER IAW MM 29-31-11 AND OPERATE GREEN HYD SYS ALL INDICATION NORMAL.

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