Service difficulty report · Oil Filter · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
June 3, 2016
Submitted
June 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N124US
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
1314
Aircraft time
47,759 hours, 22,434 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM565B43
Engine time
48,184 hours, 20,808 cycles
Part
Oil Filter
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURNED & ACFT WAS GNDED. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN OIL FILTER CLOG ECAM MSG ON THE NR 1 ENG DURING CLIMB OUT & RETURNED WHERE THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY. FOUND PARTICLES IN THE OIL FILTER & INSPECTED THE MASTER CHIP DETECTOR, FWD SUMP SCREEN, AFT SUMP SCREEN, ACCESSORY GEAR BOX SUMP SCREEN & THE TRANSFER GEAR BOX SUMP SCREEN WITH PARTICLES ONLY BEING FOUND ON THE FWD SCREEN. CLEANED THE FWD SUMP SCREEN & REPLACED THE OIL FILTER IAW TSM 79-00-00-810-820-A, AMM 79-21-10-920-002-B, 79-21-10-400-007-A & 79-00-00-281-006-A. A GND ENG RUN WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO LEAKS BEING NOTED OR ADDITIONAL PARTICLES FOUND. SEE AALA201606069003 FOR ADDITIONAL PART.

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