Service difficulty report · Smoke · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 10, 2005
Submitted
December 13, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N425UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
508
Aircraft time
37,058 hours, 13,324 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOUD VIBRATION HEARD FOLLOWED BY SMOKE SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. BLOWER SWITCH DIDN'T GO INTO OVERRIDE ON AVIONICS VENT. ALSO HAD ECAM AMBER INDICATIONS ON PRESS PAGE FOR INLET AND EXTRACT VALVES. SMOKE REPORTED IN FLIGHT DECK AFTERWARDS. SYSTEM DIDN'T GO INTO PROPER 'SMOKE' CONFIGURATION.

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