Service difficulty report · Wheel · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
May 24, 2010
Submitted
May 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N282AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1069
Part
Wheel
Part number
31546
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
29,944 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PHL - FLT 729 EN-ROUTE LHR TO PHL. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR UNTIL LANDING, THE NUMBER FOUR TIRE PRESSURE 180 PSI GENERATED ON ECAM. THE CREW FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AS A PRECAUTION. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE NUMBER FOUR MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE WAS BELOW RE-INFLATION LIMIT. REMOVED AND REPLACED NUMBER FOUR MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

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