Service difficulty report · Ptu · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
April 4, 2008
Submitted
April 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N636AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
98
Aircraft time
59,434 hours, 25,982 cycles
Part
Ptu
Part number
41010029
Part serial
630
Condition
Defective
Location
Hydraulic System
Part time
48,285 hours, 20,421 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLT 625 - PHX-OAK - RTF - CREW REPORTED TOTAL LOSS OF YELLOW SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID. DESELECTED PTU AND ENG NR 2 YELLOW PUMP PER ECAM, HOWEVER BOTH RAN WITHOUT FLUID FOR SHORT PERIOD. ELECTRIC YELLOW PUMP WAS NOT ACTIVATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO PHX. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT. ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED THE YELLOW SYSTEM NR 2 ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP FOR PRECAUTIONARY MAINTENANCE. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. HYDRAULIC PUMP ASSEMBLY / MFGR EATON / MFG P/N 887673 / MFG S/N MX607895 / PART CONDITION UNKN / PART LOCATION ZONE 400 NACELLES/PYLONS / TOTAL TIME 28608 / TOTAL CYCLES 11272 / TIME SINCE REPAIR 1462.

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