Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
January 29, 2019
Submitted
January 31, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N680FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
794
Aircraft time
28,216 hours, 15,722 cycles
Part
Accumulator
Part number
10111042
Part serial
B6054
Condition
Failed
Location
Brake System
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, LT SIDE BRAKE PRESURE GAGE READS 500 LBS. RIGHT SIDE 0 LBS. DECLARED EMERGENCY IN CASE LT BRAKE WAS STICKING. LT YELLOW SYSTEM BRAKE PRESURE INDICATOR. PARKING BRAKE ACCUM LOW, WHILE ATEMPTING TO SERVICE FLUID WAS COMING OUT OF SERVICE PORT. FOUND LOW PRESSURE AT YELLOW SYS BRAKE ACCUMULATOR INDICATOR. OPENED SERVICE VALVE, FOUND HYDRAULIC FLUID ON NITROGEN SIDE OF ACCUMULATOR. R&R UPPER & LOWER YELLOW BRAKE SYS ACCUMULATOERS IAW AMM 32-44-11-04 AND PERFORMED SAT OPS CHK & LEAK CHK. PERFORMED ALT BRAKING W/ANTISKID SERVICING IAW AMM 32-43-00-03-0. REQUIRES FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING PER MOCC. PER MOCC NORMAL BRAKING. ADJUSTMENT/TEST PERFORMED AND OPS CK NORMAL PER AMM 32-42-00-05.

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