Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
January 3, 2023
Submitted
January 9, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912UY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6264
Aircraft time
27,097 hours, 10,852 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Engine time
35,891 hours, 13,834 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
V2533A
Part serial
V16065
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2
Part time
35,891 hours, 13,834 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CLT DUE TO #2 ENGINE STALLING. FLT CREW REPORTED THE NR 2 ENGINE STALLED AT CLIMB POWER AROUND 17,000 FT MSL. STALL IMMEDIATELY, CLEARED WITH NO ABNORMAL ENGINE INDICATIONS AFTERWARDS. ENGINE 2 STALLED AGAIN AT FL350 IN CRUISE POWER. STALL CLEARED WHEN POWER REDUCED. OPERATED IN IDLE THRUST TO TOUCHDOWN. LOUD BANGS, VISUAL FLAME FROM ENGINE. ERRATIC EPR. LANDED SAFELY AT CLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND DEBRIS IN THE BLEED VALVE AND TAIL PIPE AND ACCOMPLISHED A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WHERE THEY FOUND COMPRESSOR BLADES MISSING. DETERNMINED THE ENGINE WILL BE CHANGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED #2 ENGINE PER TASK CARD 26L40071004.

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