Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 21, 2006
Submitted
December 26, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
435
Aircraft time
43,880 hours, 16,026 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
38,270 hours, 14,217 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2
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

DUE TO NR 2 ENG FLUCTUATING PARAMETERS & EGT INCREASE CREW SHUT DOWN ENGINE & RETURNED TO FIELD. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE VARIABLE STATOR VANE ACTUATOR (VSVA). HIGH PWR RUN ACCOMPLISHED AND NO FURTHER FAILURE MESSAGES. THIS EVENT WAS CAUSED BY A DUAL CHANNEL FAILURE OF THE VSVA. THIS UNIT WAS RECEIVED AS AN EXCHANGE UNIT FROM GOODRICH IN MAY 06. ITS HAS FAILED FROM STOCK TWICE AND WILL BE REJECTED FROM UA'S INVENTORY AS A "ROUGE UNIT". SHOP FINDINGS INVESTIGATIONS ON GOING AT GOODRICH/MOOG.

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