Service difficulty report · Acoustic Panel · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 25, 2007
Submitted
November 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N456UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1128
Aircraft time
26,805 hours, 9,581 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
39,347 hours, 14,865 cycles
Part
Acoustic Panel
Part number
5R185TYP
Part serial
NONE
Condition
Debonded
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
39,347 hours, 14,865 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD DUE TO LEFT ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF. LT ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT, POSITION 1, DUE TO FAN ATTRITION LINER DAMAGE. THE ENGINE WAS SHIPPED TO MANUFACTURER FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPAIR. THE LAST TWO SHOP VISITS WERE IN 2005 AND 2004 WERE FOR FAN CASE LINER PROBLEMS. AT THE LSV, THE FOLLOWING LEVELS OF MAINTENANCE WERE PERFORMED: L3 ON THE FAN, L2 ON THE FAN CASE THE REASON FOR REMOVAL WAS VERIFIED BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE ATTRITION LINERS AND MISSING ACOUSTIC LINERS FROM 3 TO 9 O`CLOCK POSITION. SIX OF TWELVE ACOUSTIC LINERS SEPARATED FROM THE FAN CASE AND LODGED IN THE FEGVÕS. SUBSEQUENTLY, A FULL FAN CASE LINER / PANEL REPLACEMENT OCCURRED.

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