Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
March 25, 2016
Submitted
March 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N278AY
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
388
Aircraft time
69,571 hours, 9,725 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4158
Engine time
62,284 hours, 9,136 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
42D395
Part serial
804
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
24,289 hours, 3,398 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. NR 2 ENG STALLS. FIVE HRS INTO FLT, HAD BEEN AT FL400, REC MAX 409 FOR ABOUT 5 MIN WITH NO TURB & GOT NUMEROUS NR 2 ENG STALL ECAM WARNINGS. ENG WOULD GO TO IDLE, ECAM WARNING WOULD DISAPPEAR & ENG WOULD ACCELERATE TRIGGERING THE WARNING AGAIN.. ACCOMPLISHED ENG STALL, NOT DISPLAYED ON ECAM, QRH PROCEDURE WHILE DESCENDING TO FL300. AT FL300 BOTH ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL & STABLE. CONTINUED & REPLACED THE NR 2 ENG FUEL PUMP, FUEL DIFFERENTIAL PRESS SWITCH & FUEL METERING UNIT IAW AMM 73-11-11 & 73-21-12. THE NR 2 ENG L & RT 8TH STAGE CHECK VLVS WERE FOUND TO BE FAULTY & WERE REPLACED IAW AMM 36-11-41. A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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