Service difficulty report · Eec · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
August 21, 2019
Submitted
August 27, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
5980
Aircraft time
19,572 hours, 7,615 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Engine time
19,575 hours, 7,616 cycles
Part
Eec
Part number
82497211024
Part serial
25406316
Condition
Unreliable
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
14,756 hours, 5,649 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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS AN ENGINE 2 STALL ECAM ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ECAM MESSAGES. CREW WAS ADVISED TO FOLLOW QRH PROCEDURES AND IF NO ABNORMAL PARAMETERS WERE NOTICED AND QRH FOLLOWED, OKAY TO CONTINUE AT CA DISCRETION. DISPATCH CONCURRED IF NO OTHER ISSUES, OK TO CONT. ENG 2 STALL MESSAGE CAME BACK AND THE ECAM MSG WOULD COME ON EVERY TIME FULL THRUST/FULL THROTTLE WAS APPLIED TO MAKE ATTEMPT TO CLIMB. DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO EITHER ICT OR OKC. OPTED FOR OKC, DID REQUEST IF GOING TO DFW WAS A POSSIBILITY IF NBR 2 ENG WAS NOT SHUT DOWN AND NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE MESSAGE BEING AN ENGINE STALL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN, NO ABNORMAL PARAMETERS WERE OBSERVED DURING FLIGHT, FOB 29.0, UNDER MLW. FLT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND ENG WAS NOT SHUT DOWN. F/O DID NOTICE THE NBR 2 ENG HAVE SURGES BUT ALL OTHER PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW TSM 71-00-00-810-809-A. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THAT #2 ENG EEC CHANNEL B INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED #2 ENG EEC IAW JOB CARD 26L40073002. ACCOMPLISHED BORESCOPE INSPECTION IAW TSM 71-00-00-810-809-A. SUBTASK 810-060-A0 PART D. NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED HIGH POWER ASSURANCE RUN IAW JOB CARD 26L00071014. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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