Service difficulty report · Compressor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 19, 2018
Submitted
September 24, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1284
Aircraft time
63,480 hours, 24,130 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
63,517 hours, 24,150 cycles
Part
Compressor
Condition
Stalled
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
63,517 hours, 24,150 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, M
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT IS GROUNDED. ATL - PHX RETURNED TO ATL ACCOUNT ENGINE NR 1 COMPRESSOR STALL AND EGT ABOVE THE LIMIT. CAPTAIN SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND RETURNED. TOTAL SINGLE ENGINE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 MINUTES. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND FLIGHT LANDED OVERWEIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REQUEST READ OF DFDR DATA PER JOB CARD 26T00031001 FOR PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING AN IN FLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE NR 1 ENGINE. ACCOMPLISHED DFDR DOWNLOAD AND DISTRIBUTED DATA PER J/C 26T00031001. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE PER J/C 26L40071004 AND J/C 26L0071015, LEAK CHECKS AND OPERATIONS CHECKS NORMAL.

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