Service difficulty report · Line · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 2, 2010
Submitted
April 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
489
Aircraft time
53,931 hours, 19,712 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

BLUE SYS LOW, RTFL. CREW TURNED OFF SYS WHILE STILL HAVING PRESSURE. INVESTIGATING SOURCE OF LEAK FOUND IN WHEEL WELL AREA OF BLUE ELECTRIC PUMP. MX FOUND LINE BETWEEN PUMP AND DAMPENER CHAFFED THROUGH AND LEAKING. REPLACED LINE AND BLED HYD SYSTEM. ENGINE ONE EPR INDICATION LOST AFTER STARTING BOTH ENGS. A-THR MSG. SAMC TEXT: CREW CYC A4 & R41 AND FADEC SW. NO HELP. CREW COMPLIED WITH MEL7320D. DEFERRED PER SAMC. FBO SWAPPED EIU'S. PROBLEM FOLLOWED. FBO RPL EIU -1 PER MM. ACP TEST. ALL TEST PASSED. NO MSGS.

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