Service difficulty report · Fan · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
January 25, 2020
Submitted
January 27, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N970UY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3924
Aircraft time
38,505 hours, 13,796 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
EVT3454HC
Part serial
3497
Condition
Burned
Location
Extract
Part time
57,624 hours, 2,425 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. FLT 340 FLIGHT CREW HEARD A AIR NOISE IN COCKPIT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE COMING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF COCKPIT. EXTRACT BLOWER FANS WENT OFF. ECAM MESSAGES APPEARED LANDED ASAP. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. REPLACED THE EXTRACT FAN AND EXTRACT SMOKE DETECTOR IAW AMM 21-26-51 AND 26-15-15. AVIONICS VENT FILTER ALSO REPLACED IAW AMM 21-26-43.

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