Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
August 19, 2006
Submitted
August 29, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
686
Aircraft time
31,378 hours, 12,112 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Engine time
22,606 hours, 8,600 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURNED TO FIELD DUE TO NR 1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL. STALL-RTF. HPC WAS BOROSCOPED, OK. FOUND BAD 7TH STG BLEED VALVE, REPLACED. NR 1 ENGINE ACCOMPLISHED BORESCOPE OF HPC 3 AND 4, NO LIMITING DAMAGE FOUND. ACCOMPLISHED 7TH STAGE BLEED VALVE SOLENOID CHECK AND 10TH STAGE BLEED VALVE SOLENOID CHECK. REPLACED UPPER 7TH STAGE BLEED VALVE. ACCOMPLISHED POWER ASSURANCE RUN ON NR 1 ENGINE ALL INDICATIONS AND PARAMETERS NORMAL AND WITHIN LIMITS. NO STALLS OR SURGES.

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