Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 24, 2015
Submitted
December 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
2422
Aircraft time
38,482 hours, 14,037 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
55,627 hours, 20,695 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
V2527A5QEC
Part serial
V10620
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Left
Part time
55,627 hours, 20,695 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON APPROACH, SEVERAL MEDIUM SIZED BIRDS HIT THE LT ENG COWLING. THE FLIGHT CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER, BUT ATC HAD EMER TRUCKS RESPOND. THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INCIDENTS. INSPECTED THE ACFT & DISCOVERED THAT THE LT ENG HAD INGESTED BIRDS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE PER TASK CARD 26L40071004.

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