Service difficulty report · Servo Valve · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
August 19, 2020
Submitted
August 25, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N678FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
792
Aircraft time
29,858 hours, 16,875 cycles
Part
Servo Valve
Part number
73020
Part serial
626A
Condition
Leaking
Location
Spoiler System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PASSING THRU 15,000 FT ON CLIMBOUT RECEIVED A YELLOW SYS LO PR ECAM INDICATIONL THE YELLOW SYS QUANITY DROPPED TO APPROX THE RED DOT IN THE YELLOW ARC. WE COMPLIED WITH ALL ECAM AND QRH PROCEDURES AN DECIDED UPON A DEVERSION TO KMEM. WHILE DEBREIFING CREW I ASKED IF AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPT WAS THERE AND THEY SAID YES. DUPLICATE SDR REF #30-1930 OPERATED YELLOW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, FOUND L/H #5 SPOILER SERVO VALVE LEAKING FROM MISSING O-RING. REMOVED AND REPLACED L/H #5 SPOILER SERVO VALVE 69CP REF. A300-600 AMM 27-64-12-04. LEAK CHECK GOOD. OPERATED #5 SPOLIER WITH TEST CONTROL BOX PN98A27608011000 MULTIPLE TIMES, NO LEAKS. SERVICED YELLOW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO NORMAL OPERATING LEVELS REF. A300-600 AMM 12-12-29-00.

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