Service difficulty report · B-Nut · Airbus A300F4622R

Difficulty date
May 21, 2013
Submitted
May 22, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N136UP
Make and model
Airbus A300F4622R
Aircraft serial
0819
Part
B-Nut
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT DURING TAXI OUT, AN ACRID ODOR DEVELOPED AND SMOKE OF SOME SOURCE WAS VISABLE IN THE JUMPSEAT AREA. CREW ISOLATED AIR CONDITIONING PACK AND RETURNED TO THE BLOCKS. ODOR AND SMOKE DISSIPATED ONCE PACK WAS SECURED "OFF". FOUND A PARKING BRAKE HYDRAULIC LINE LEAKING IN THE AIR CONDITIONING PACK AREA. SECURED A LOOSE B-NUT AND THEN RAN AIR CONDITIONING PACKS AND VERIFIED NO SMOKE OR VISABLE SMOKE. CREW CONTINUED ON SCHEDULED FLIGHT.

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