Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
December 30, 2021
Submitted
January 5, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509AY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3796
Aircraft time
44,434 hours, 16,121 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Engine time
31,726 hours, 12,039 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
V2533A5
Part serial
V16041
Condition
Seized
Location
Nr1
Part time
31,726 hours, 12,039 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
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: CABIN ODOR (DIRTY SOCK'S) DISSIPATES ON CLIMB OUT. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING THE INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING FOR THE CABIN ODOR #1 ENGINE N2 WOULD NOT ROTATE, MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE BY HAND, FOUND THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE IDG. AFTER REMOVING IDG, ENGINE STILL WOULD NOT ROTATE BY HAND. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE CHIP DETECTORS & BORESCOPED ENGINE WITH NO FINDINGS NOTED. DETERMINED THE GEARBOX REQUIRED REPLACEMENT & ENGINE CHANGED PER TASK CARD 26L40071004. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED CABIN ODOR TROUBLESHOOTING TASK CARD 26L00021001 & NO ODORS WERE NOTED.

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