Service difficulty report · Pump · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
April 3, 2016
Submitted
April 4, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
736
Aircraft time
30,727 hours, 16,157 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
3508806
Part serial
MX431952
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

YELLOW HYD PUMP LOW PRESS. WHEN ACFT RETURNED TO GATE ALL HYD INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL & THE HYD QUANTITIES WERE AT NORMAL LEVELS. PERFORMED A GND ENG RUN TO SEE IF THE FAULT WOULD RETURN. AFTER ENG START & OPERATION OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, THE FAULT RETURNED. THEY GOT A YELLOW PUMP LOW PRESS & YELLOW SYS LOW PRESS ECAM MSG ALONG WITH AN OVERHEAD ENG YELLOW PUMP, LO PR LIGHT, A YELLOW SYS SERVO CTL, LO PR, LIGHT AS WELL AS A SPOILER FAULTS FOR THE YELLOW SYS. AFTER ENG SHUTDOWN WE FOUND THE OVERHEAD YELLOW ENG PUMP, LO PR, LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED WITH NO PRESS ON SYS. R & R NR 2 ENG DRIVEN YELLOW SYS HYD PUMP IAW MM 29-11-32-04-02. OK FOR SERVICE IAW MM 29-11-32-04-02.

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