Service difficulty report · Line · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
December 12, 2006
Submitted
December 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N505TA
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
271
Aircraft time
43,831 hours, 19,809 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
00200634
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, GREEN SYSTEM LEVEL LOW LIGHT ON. PERFORMED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION BY ABNORMAL CHECKLIST, RETURNED TO FIELD AND MADE A SAFE LANDING. FOUND GREEN HYDRAULIC SUPPLY LINE TO ACTUATING CYLINDER CRACKED. INSTALLED TEMPORARY FLEX LINE IAW A300 20-23-11, BLED SYSTEM PER A300 29-00-00 BLOCK 402 OPS AND LEAK CHECKED OK. TEMPORARY LINE TO BE REPLACED WITH PERMANENT LINE BY 01-11-07 PER 20-23-11. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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