Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
December 20, 2007
Submitted
December 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N448FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
260
Aircraft time
39,477 hours, 27,798 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
9788422
Part serial
484C
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fan Air
Part time
9,494 hours, 5,625 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 OPEN ENGINE AND INSPECTED DUCTS, VALVES, CLAMPS ETC. 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. OPS CHECK NORMAL A/C OK FOR SERVICE.

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