Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 19, 2003
Submitted
June 24, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
780
Aircraft time
18,986 hours, 6,675 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Engine
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

RETURN TO FIELD DUE TO NR 1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL AND SUBSEQUENT SHUTDOWN. REPLACED ENGINE. DISASSEMBLY OF REMOVED ENGINE REVEALED FRACTURED 3RD STAGE BLADE AS ROOT CAUSE. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF BLADE FRACTURE AREA REVEALED BIRD DEBRIS AS MOST LIKELY SOURCE OF FRACTURE INITIATION. BIRD REMAINS WILL BE SENT TO THE SMITHSONIAN FOR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, AND DATA ENTERED INTO INDUSTRY FOD DATABASE.

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