# SDR AALA202302244762

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 23, 2023
- Submitted: February 24, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N902AA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N902AA), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A320*
- Aircraft serial: 7519
- Aircraft time: 17,338 hours, 6,824 cycles
- Engine: Iae V2533A5
- Engine time: 17,338 hours, 6,824 cycles
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Engine
- Part number: V2533A5
- Part serial: V18487
- Condition: Vibration
- Location: Zone 400 - Nac/P
- Part time: 17,338 hours, 6,824 cycles
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: E
- Precautionary procedure: A, O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202302244762

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DFW, APPROXIMATLEY 22,700 EXCESSIVE ENGINE VIBRATION ON #2 ENGINE. FLIGHT CREW BROUGHT #2 THRUST LEVER TO IDLE ENGINE RAN SMOOTH, TRIED TO ADVANCE BACK TO CLIMB DETENT AND VIBRATION RESUMED. FLIGHT CREW KEPT #2 ENGINE AT IDLE FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED A DFW SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE VIBRATION SURVEY AND DETERMINED VIBRATION WAS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS.

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