Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
December 29, 2003
Submitted
December 31, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801FD
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
539
Aircraft time
26,681 hours, 6,543 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4152
Engine time
25,690 hours, 6,361 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
PW4152
Part serial
717763
Condition
Inoperative
Part time
25,690 hours, 6,361 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O, A, P
Precautionary procedure
C, E

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

What was found

HEARD LOUD BANG, NOSE MOVED TO RT SHARPLY. FOLLOWED REJECTED TAKEOFF PROCEDURE. ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS NORMAL AT 105 KTS. IAW TROUBLESHOOTING MANUAL AND POWERPLANT ENGINEERING CONCURRENCE, ENGINE WILL BE CHANGED. SHIPPING INFO TENATIVE FOR REPLACEMENT ENGINE FROM MEMPHIS VIA 9004/1 TO CDG THEN 5081/2 TO DXB. REQUIRES GOCC/CREW SCHEDULING CONCURRENCE.

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