Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
April 8, 2008
Submitted
April 10, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N504TA
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
216
Aircraft time
48,523 hours, 23,547 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
A3111028200000
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bleed Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, NR 1 AND NR 2 BLEED FAULT LIGHTS AND APU MANIFOLD LIGHTS CAME ON AND WOULD NOT RESET. DUMPED 18,000 POUNDS OF FUEL AND RETURNED TO FIELD FOR A SAFE LANDING. FOUND NR 2 ENGINE BLEED AIR DUCT IN AIR CONDITIONING BAY CRACKED. REPLACED DUCT IAW 36-11-00 PG 605, LEAK CHECKED IAW 71-00-00. CHECKED FAULT LIGHTS IAW 26-16-00 PAGE 501, ALL SYSTEMS WORK NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.

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