Service difficulty report · Packing · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
March 25, 2026
Submitted
March 26, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N724FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
530
Aircraft time
44,183 hours, 23,612 cycles
Part
Packing
Part number
NAS161216
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

AT CRUISE GOT GREEN HYD LOW QTY. BOTH ECAM AND OVERHEAD GAGE SHOWED ALL FLUID LOST. USED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. AFTER LANDING, GREEN HYD QTY BACK INTO GREEN RANGE, BUT BELOW TOP HAT. EMERGENCY DECLARED AFTER BREIF WITH FLIGHT CREW, WHEN ECAM MESSAGE APPEARED BOTH GREEN SYSTEM ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF AND GREEN SYSTEM STILL SHOWING FLUID QTY ONCE ACFT WAS PARKED IN GATE. SERVICED GREEN HYD SYSTEM PER AMM 12-12-29-00-0 OPENED ACCESS PANELS 415AL,473AL,474AR, ON #1 ENG PYLON, NO LEAKS WITH JUST ELECTRIC AUX PUMPS, OPENED ENG START VALVE BY HAND & FOUND GREEN SYS MANIFOLD IN PYLON LEAKING AT MANIFOLD AND NON-RETURN VALVE FOUND HYDRAULIC CHECK VALVE ITEM 60 ABOVE REF IPC WITH BLOWN O-RING ITEM 70 ON NR 1 PYLON HYDRAULIC GREEN MANIFOLD AS SOURCE OF GREEN SYSTEM LEAK. R & R BLOWN O-RING MPN# NAS1612-16. TOPPED OFF GREEN SYS TO MIDDLE OF TOP HAT & RAN BOTH ENGINES AT IDLE MOVING ALL FLT CONTROLS. LEAK & OPS CHKD GOOD. ALL SYS SHOW MIDDLE OF TOP HAT NOW. OK FOR SERVICE.

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