Service difficulty report · Concentrator · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
July 19, 2019
Submitted
July 23, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N974UY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4898
Aircraft time
27,589 hours, 10,380 cycles
Part
Concentrator
Part number
350E5500204
Part serial
0E5011729
Condition
Erratic
Location
Zone 100
Part time
22,895 hours, 8,801 cycles
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL ON ACCOUNT OF NUMBER ONE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ENG 1 OIL PSI GAUGE WENT BETWEEN 100 AND 0 PSI AND THEN AMBER XX'S. IT WAS INTERMITTENT UNTIL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED NEW OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER, NO HELP. DISCOVERED A LOOSE CONNECTOR, TIGHTENED CONNECTOR, NO HELP. REPLACED #4 BEARING OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER AND CONNECTOR 4005ENA, NO HELP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SYSTEM DATA ACQUISITION CONCENTRATOR, ALL INDICATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. MAINTENANCE ALSO REPORTS THE SDAC WAS SWAPPED FROM 2 TO 1 AND CHECKED GOOD, AND WHEN PUT BACK TO ORIGINAL CONFIG. ALSO CHECKED GOOD. MAINTENANCE SUSPECTS THE FAULT WAS LATCHED INTO THE SDAC, HOWEVER THIS IS JUST A THEORY.

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