Service difficulty report · Line · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 24, 2014
Submitted
July 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N684FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
802
Aircraft time
22,069 hours, 12,211 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE, ECAM & OVERHEAD SHOWED LOSS OF GREEN HYD PRESSURE & QTY. COMPLIED WITH ECAM & QRH. CONFIGURED FOR LANDING WITH GRAVITY EXTENSION. DURING APPROACH, GREEN HYD QTY SHOWED SOME FLUID REMAINING. PUMPS OFF LESS THAN ONE MINUTE AFTER ECAM. CONFIRMED THAT THE GREEN SYS QTY NEVER WENT COMPLETELY TO ZERO. SERVICED GREEN SYSTEM HYDRAULICS. OPERATED HYDRAULICS WITH NO LARGE LEAKS LOCATED. FOUND SMALL LEAK AT GREEN FILTER BOWL ASSY. RESET GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYS. R & R FILTER AND BOWL ASSY. LEAK CHECKED GOOD. JACKED ACFT AND SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR INDICATION WENT TO OVER SERVICED. ADJUSTED LEVEL ON RESERVOIR. SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL MORE TIMES QTY. INDICATION AND PRESSURE INDICATIOR CHECKED GOOD. LET SYSTEM PRESSURIZED WITH GEAR UP FOR EXTENDED PERIOD AND NO LEAKS NOTED ON SYSTEM. CHECKED RESERVOIR PRESSURIZATION LINE FROM NR 1 ENGINE, FOUND LEAK ON FLEX LINE. R & R LINE IAW SMP. LINE LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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