Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
October 20, 2017
Submitted
November 1, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N162AA
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6621
Aircraft time
4,327 hours, 1,716 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
EB101729B
Part serial
RMB425
Condition
Faulty
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. REJECTED TAKEOFF. DEPARTING RUNWAY AT TOGA POWER DUE TO TAILWIND. AS THRUST WAS SET TO TOGA POWER, NOTICED RIGHT ENGINE WAS SPOOLING UP FASTER THAN LEFT. BELIEVED TO BE AT RISK OF ASYMMETRICAL THRUST AT HIGH POWER SETTING, REDUCED THRUST TO IDLE. TAXIED OFF RUNWAY TO ASSESS SITUATION. NO INDICATION OF FAILURE OR PROBLEM WITH AIRCRAFT. RAN TAKEOFF CHECKLIST AGAIN AND TAXIED BACK INTO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. STABILIZED ENGINES AT 1.05 EPR AND SELECTED TOGA THRUST. ENGINES SPOOLED UP TO TOGA THRUST TOGETHER AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE BLEED VALVE (7A) PER MM 75-32-52. ACCOMPLISHED ACCELERATION TEST PER AMM 71-00-00-700-011-B.

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