Service difficulty report · Thermocouple · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
November 21, 2007
Submitted
November 27, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
364
Aircraft time
47,710 hours, 20,780 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680
Engine time
30,391 hours, 14,525 cycles
Part
Thermocouple
Part number
60253301
Part serial
7M88R
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2 Egt
Part time
1,306 hours, 723 cycles
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

DURING CLIMB, NR 2 EGT (POINTER/DIGITAL) WERE FLUCTUATING +/- 50C. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARMS NML. NO YAW NOTED. PULL NR 2 THROTTLE BACK TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT, NO CHANGE. HIGHEST EGT WAS APPROX 860C. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINS EGT STAB AT ABOUT 800C AND NML REST OF FLIGHT. FLUX STARTED AGAIN AFTER LNDG. ON GND FLUX WAS ABOUT +/ - 10C. AGAIN, REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENG EGT IND PRECAUT REF AMM 77-21-21-4. RAN ENG PER JRH AT VARIOUS LOW POWER SETTINGS FOR APPROX 15 MINS. NO FLUCTUATION NOTED. FOUND WIRE HARNESS J3 FWD OF J BOX THAT UPPER AND LOWER T/C HARNESSES CONNECT HAS VISUAL DMG AND WHEN SHOOK GAVE FLUX TO EGT IND. REMOVED AND REPLACED FWD THERMOCOUPLE CABLE IAW MM 77-21-02-4-04.

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