Service difficulty report · Oxygen Bottle · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
November 9, 2018
Submitted
November 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N174US
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1492
Aircraft time
60,192 hours, 22,685 cycles
Part
Oxygen Bottle
Part number
89151114
Part serial
5T272843
Condition
Faulty
Location
Crew O2
Part time
23,336 hours, 10,611 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. WHILE IN CRUISE CREW O2 PSI DROPPED TO ZERO AT FL 330. THE FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED TO ELP, LANDED OVERWEIGHT AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DESCENT RATE NORMAL. ROLL OUT AND TAXI IN NORMAL. REPLACED OXYGEN BOTTLE (CYLINDER) PER AMM 35-11-41. ALL CHECKS GOOD. INSPECTION SHOWS OBSERVERS MASK TO HAVE BEEN LEFT ON.

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