Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
September 12, 2020
Submitted
September 17, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N111US
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
1114
Aircraft time
56,190 hours, 32,452 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM565B4P
Engine time
20,815 hours, 9,572 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
1887M10G07
Condition
Stalled
Location
Left
Part time
20,815 hours, 9,572 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, A, J
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. DURING APPROACH THE LEFT HAND ENGINE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION AND LOW RPM WITH MOMENTARY LOSS OF AUTOMATION AND NORMAL LAW. THE ENGINE STALLED ALONG WITH A FIRE INDICATION, AS WELL AS, FLAMES EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT SAT, WHERE IT WAS MET BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UPON LANDING THE ECAM REFLECTED ENGINE NR 1 FAIL MESSAGE AND THE NR 1 FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED. THE ENGINE WAS SPRAYED WITH WATER ON THE RUNWAY AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ESCORTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GATE. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT: REPLACED THE LEFT HAND ENGINE, PER TASK CARD 26L40071001.

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