Service difficulty report · Idg · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 26, 2005
Submitted
April 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
751
Aircraft time
25,548 hours, 9,109 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Idg
Condition
Shutdown
Location
Nr 2
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

APU AUTO SHUTDOWN WITH THE NR 2 IDG DEFERRED. REPLACED PRECAUTIONARY PER SFOLM THE APU OIL PRESS SWITCH, OIL SUMP TEMP SENSOR, OIL LEVEL SENSOR, AND ECB. RAN APU ON GROUND FOR ONE HOUR WITH ELEC AND PNEU LOADS NO AUTO SHUTDOWNS. APU HAD 2 PREVIOUS GRND ASD. RPL'D FUEL CONTROL UNIT 27MAR05. NO OTHER HISTORY. OSV RECEIVED LRU'S APRIL 06, 2005 AND ALL LRU'S RECEIVED HAVE TESTED NFF EXCEPT FUEL CONTROL UNIT. FUEL CONTROL UNIT FAILED TEST DUE TO DELTA P VALVE WAS OUT OF CALIBRATION. THE ACTUATOR REGULATOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE DRIVE SHAFT SEAL WAS LEAKING. THE ASD, NO START CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A FAILING FUEL CONTROL UNIT.

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