Service difficulty report · Nozzle · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
March 1, 2017
Submitted
March 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1281
Aircraft time
55,192 hours, 23,963 cycles
Engine
Iae V2524A5
Engine time
45,765 hours, 20,362 cycles
Part
Nozzle
Part number
7451101505
Part serial
5506001
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
56,446 hours, 24,447 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND OVERSPEED WHILE AT FL. 370. OVERSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 KTS FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED INSPECTION AFTER INFLIGHT EXCESSIVE LOAD FACTOR DUE TO TURBULANCE IAW AMM 05-51-17-200-001-A. SEVERAL RIVETS WERE FOUND TO BE PULLING THRU THE NR 2 ENGINE TAIL PIPE EXHAUST AT 4 & 5 O'CLOCK POSITIONS RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE COMMON NOZZLE ASSEMBLY. THE NR 2 ENGINE RIGHT THRUST REVERSER AFT HINGE ACCESS DOOR LATCH WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED AND WAS REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED

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