Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 1, 2007
Submitted
March 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N454UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1104
Aircraft time
26,501 hours, 9,645 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
19,465 hours, 7,470 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENG NR 1 STALL ON POWER REDUCTION DESCENDING OUT OF FL 380, 1 SECONDS THUD HEARD AND STALL ECAM FOR 5 SECONDS. THEN ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. [SUP 05-18-07] INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO POSSIBLE 7TH OR 10TH STAGE BLEED VALVE SOLENOID FAILURE. DID FIND THAT 7TH STAGE VALVE SOLENOID WAS NOT CLOSING CORRECTLY AND WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER AFTER SIMILAR EVENT OCCURRED ON FLIGHT 472 APRIL 8TH, FURTHER INVESTIGATION CORRECTLY DETERMINED THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CONDITION WAS A FAULTY VARIABLE STATOR VANE ACTUATOR.

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