Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
December 20, 2007
Submitted
December 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N448FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
260
Aircraft time
39,477 hours, 27,798 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D*
Engine time
29,103 hours, 11,951 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
9788422
Part serial
821
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
3,576 hours, 2,124 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 TO CRUISE ALTITUDE, ECAM PRESENTED AN ADVISORY PAGE FOR NR 1 ENG NAC TEMP AT 200. SELECTED NR 1 BLEED VALVE OFF AND REDUCED POWER ON NR 1 WITH NO CHANGE IN NR 1 NAC TEMP. AFTER THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO ALMOST IDLE SETTING, NR 1 NAC TEMP FELL TO 190 DEGREES. THROTTLE REMAINED AT IDLE UNTIL SHORT FINAL APPROACH. DURING DESCENT WITH NR 1 AT IDLE, ADVISORY INDICATION WENT AWAY AFTER 10-15 MINUTES. FOUND A SMALL CRACK ON FAN AIR VALVE, FOUND A COUPLE OF SENSE LINES TO BE BAD. REMOVED AND REPLACED FAN AIR VALVE, REMOVED AND REPLACED SENSE LINES AND NACELLE TEMP SENSOR.

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