Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
May 3, 2017
Submitted
June 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N689FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
875
Aircraft time
13,853 hours, 7,659 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT TOP OF DESCENT, THE GREEN SYS HYD QTY LOW ECAM ILLUMINATED. ECAM AND OVERHEAD BOTH INDICATED QTY LOSS. NO AIR LIGHT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM. MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR IAW QRH. AFTER LANDING, THE GREEN SYS QTY REAPPEARED BOTH ECAM AND OVERHEAD. INDICATION RETURNED TO PREDISPATCH QTY LEVELS. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LT ENGINE GREEN SYSTEM PYLON MANIFOLD RESTRICTOR VALVE IAW AMM 29-11-61-04.

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