Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 24, 2005
Submitted
December 6, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
820
Aircraft time
27,238 hours, 9,669 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
36,109 hours, 13,144 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES ON CLIMBOUT, LITE SMOKE ODOR THROUGHOUT CABIN. AIRFRAME AND NR 2 ENG DAMAGED. AMBER ALERT DECLARED AND RETURNED TO FIELD. BIRD STRIKE CAUSED THE RTF. DAMAGED FAN BLADES WERE REPLACED AND THE LPC AND HPC WERE BORESCOPE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE. COINCIDENTAL DISCOVERY OF FAN ATTRITION LINER LOOSENESS IS WHAT FORCED THE ENGINE TO BE REMOVED.

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