Service difficulty report · Intake Duct · Airbus A320233

Difficulty date
December 16, 1999
Submitted
April 17, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N460TA
Make and model
Airbus A320233
Aircraft serial
1007
Aircraft time
1,331 hours, 432 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Intake Duct
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

SAL - FLT 390 - DURING TAKEOFF (SAL-TGU-SAP-MIA) A LARGE BIRD IMPACTED THE ENGINE NR 1, HOWEVER THE ENGINE PARAMETERS REMAINED NORMAL, DUE TO THIS SITUATION THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO EL SALVADOR STATION FOR MAINTENANCE. AT EL SALVADOR, MAINTENANCE TECHNICANS PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF ENGINE NR 1, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AIR INTAKE COWL NR 1 WITH A LARGE DENT AT 6 O''''CLOCK POSITION, ACOUSTIC LINING PANELS CRACKED, ACOUSTIC LININGS BETWEEN 12 TO 3 O''''CLOCK PRESENTED SEVERAL DENTS, MISSING MATERIAL AT ONE IGV PANEL, SEVERAL IGV AND RUBBER PANELS WITH MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE 12 TO 3 O''''CLOCK. THE FAN BLADES WERE INSPECTED BY NDT DID NOT FOUND CRACKS. BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED REVEALED NO INTERN

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