Service difficulty report · Switch · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
August 14, 2014
Submitted
September 29, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N286AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1415
Part
Switch
Condition
Faulty
Location
Hyd Reservoir
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ROUGHLY AN HOUR BEFORE LANDING, FLIGHT GOT AN ECAM MSG THAT THE GREEN HYD RESERVOIR LEVEL LOW. IAW ECAM PROCEDURE THEY LOST SOME BRAKING, SLOWED FLIGHT CONTROLS, CAT 3 LANDING ABILITY & NOSE WHEEL STEERING. DECLARED AN EMER, OPERATIONS INFORMED THAT FLIGHT WILL NEED TO BE TOWED INTO THE GATE FROM THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LOW LEVEL SWITCH ON GREEN RESERVOIR.

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