Service difficulty report · B-Nut · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
November 20, 2020
Submitted
November 27, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N158AN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
7009
Aircraft time
13,728 hours, 5,318 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Part
B-Nut
Condition
Loose
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED ENROUTE FROM LAX TO LAS. NR 1 ENGINE ENG 1 OIL LOW PRESSURE INDICATION OCCURED. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, PER ECAM CHECKLIST. WINDMILL IN DESCENT FOR 25 MIN OR LESS. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LAX WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT: THE DFDR WAS REVIEWED BY ENGINEERING AND NOTED THAT OIL QUANTITY INDICATIONS DROP BEFORE OIL PRESSURE DROPS. ON DESCENT OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO LESS THAN 5 PSIG FOR APPROXIMATLY 24.75 MINUTES. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THIS EVENT MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE TANK/ENGINE AND SERVICED THE OIL SYSTEM WITH APPROXIMATLY 60 PINTS OF OIL. AFTER A 3 MINUTE ENGINE GROUND RUN MAINTENACE FOUND APPROXIMATLY A PINT OF OIL ON THE GROUND AND ISOLATED THE LEAK TO THE OIL SCAVENGE TUBE B-NUT, WHICH WAS MISSING SAFETY WIRE AND HAD LOOSENED. THE B-NUT WAS RETORQUED AND SAFTIED, PER AMM 79-22-41. A SATISFACTORY LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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