Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
September 23, 2022
Submitted
September 27, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450AN
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
10810
Aircraft time
1,734 hours, 444 cycles
Engine
Cfmint LEAP1A33
Part
Duct
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Zone 400 - Nac/P
Component
Engine · LEAP1A33
Component part number
LEAP133G09
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON ETOPS WALKAROUND MAINTENANCE FOUND LOOSE PIECES OF HEAT PROOFING STICKING OUT OF THE #1 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER COWLING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE PNEUMATIC Y DUCT GOING TO THE HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE ACTIVE CLEARANCE CONTROL AND THE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE ACTIVE CLEARANCE CONTROL HAD RUPTURED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE Y DUCT PER AMM 75-21-10.