Service difficulty report · None · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
March 8, 2022
Submitted
March 11, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N722FD
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
479
Aircraft time
58,879 hours, 31,629 cycles
Part
None
Part number
642500052
Part serial
11486
Condition
Leaking
Location
N/A
Part time
24,684 hours, 14,164 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J, O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL340 I NOTICED WITH MY OVERHEAD SCAN THAT THE GREEN HYD QUANTITY WAS MID WAY IN THE YELLOW. I THEN LOOKED AT THE GREEN HYDRAULICS ON THE ECAM AT IT SHOWED 440 PSI. FROM THERE IT WAS A FEW MINUTES AND WE GOT THE ECAM NOTIFICATION AND THE QUANTITY NEEDLE WAS AT RED DOT, WITH CORRESPONDING LOW PRESSURE. WE TURNED THE GREEN PUMPS OFF IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND COMPLIED WITH ALL ECAM AND QRH PROCEDURES EXCEPT THE LANDING GEAR GRAVITY EXTENSION QRH PROCEDURE WHILE AT CRUISE FLIGHT. WE CALLED RAMP AND LET THEM KNOW WE WERE INBOUND AND WE WILL BE AN EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT AND STOPPING AND SHUTTING DOWN ON RW 18R AND NEEDING A TOW TO THE RAMP. WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH CENTER FOR THE DESCENT WITH NORMAL GRAVITY EXTENSION AND LANDING. FOUND GREEEN HYD PRESSURE TRANSMITTER LEAKING.REMOVED AND INSTALLED GREEN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TRANSMITTER PER AMM 29-11-12-04, QTY AND PRESS WITHIN LIMITS, OPS CKS NORMAL, NO LEAKS NOTED AT THIS TIME.