Service difficulty report · Main Bearing · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
July 11, 2007
Submitted
July 12, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N414FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
400
Aircraft time
31,332 hours, 24,314 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680A3
Engine time
33,435 hours, 17,112 cycles
Part
Main Bearing
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DIVERTED - PIT AT FL340 NOTICED A FAINT BURN ODOR. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A ECAM [MAIN DECK CARGO LOOP FAULT] W/ASSOCIATED LOOP "A" LIGHT AFT. 15-20 SECONDS LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. NEXT LOOP "A/B" LIGHTS ILLUMINATED W/RED SMOKE (AFT) ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY LOOP "A" /LOOP "B" LIGHTS W/MID 2 SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ECAM CALLED FOR LAND ASAP/MAIN DECK SMOKE/OXYGEN MASKS SMOKE DET SYS CHECKED OK. SLIGHT HAZE IN CABIN, NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM NR 1 ENGINE REVERSER HALFS. NR 1 MAIN BEARING LEAK, REPEAT DETERMINED TO BE ENGINE CHANGE FOR OIL LEAK.

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