Service difficulty report · Fan · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
March 5, 2022
Submitted
March 8, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N738US
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1254
Aircraft time
56,161 hours, 33,826 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
VD390900
Part serial
010539
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Part time
56,178 hours, 33,838 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FUMES ENCOUNTERED AT FL 370. SOURCE NOT IDENTIFIED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO TPA WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT HAND CABIN RECIRCULATION FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AND THE FAN INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND RECIRCULATION FAN AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK PER AMM 21-21-51.

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