Service difficulty report · Thermocouple · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
August 10, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
339
Part
Thermocouple
Part number
500652101
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

98-195 - ON CLIMB-OUT THROUGH 140 NR 1 EGT FLUCTUATED PLUS/MINUS 20 DEG AT LEVEL OFF EGT CLIMB TO 1025 DEG MAX. CKLIST RAN NOTED ENG SHUTDOWN PROC EGT, THEN STAB BELOW MAX, THEN WENT TO ZERO RETURN TO BASE. WITH NR 1 ENG SHUTDOWN EGT IND NORM. PERFORM RESISTANCE AND MV TEST WHILE SHAKING EGT HARNESS, NO PROBLEM NOTED AND INSPECTED EGT HARNESS AND PROBES. VISUALLY CKS NORM. FOUND SEV LOOSE TERM AND NR 4 PROBE HAD 1/2 BROKEN STUD AND 2 LOOSE TERM. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ENG THERMOCOUPLE NR 4 PER M/M 77-21-04. RUN UP NR 1 ENG PER A310 JRH, ALL IND NORM.

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