Service difficulty report · Line · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
December 29, 2007
Submitted
January 2, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N819NW
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0858
Aircraft time
1,272 hours, 211 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AT CRUISE 5 HOURS AFTER TAKE OFF RECEIVED MESSAGE "HYD G SYS LEAK" AND HYDRAULIC QUANTITY WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW AMBER HASH MARKS, FOLLOWED COM AND TURNED OFF GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. ON APPROACH TURNED PUMPS ON, DROPPED THE GEAR AND THE REMAINING HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LOST, THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. FOUND NR 2 HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE HYDRAULIC LINE LEAKING. LINE AND BOTH ENGINE DRIVE HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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