Service difficulty report · Eec · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
March 24, 2024
Submitted
March 26, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3944
Aircraft time
47,996 hours, 18,170 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Engine time
46,758 hours, 177,740 cycles
Part
Eec
Part number
8080505072
Part serial
25200968
Condition
Faulted
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
66,569 hours, 28,533 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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. ON TAKEOFF ENGINES STABILIZED AT 1.05. WHEN FLEX THRUST, WAS APPLIED NUMBER 1 ENGINE LAGGED AND AFTER A SECOND OR TWO IT CAME UP AND MATCHED NUMBER 2. AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET, BEFORE THRUST REDUCTION WE GOT THE ECAM ENGINE 1 SENSOR FAULT AND POSSIBLE ENGINE STALL. FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED ECAM PROCEDURES AND CLIMBED TO FL 260. FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEDURES, CONTACTED MAINTENANCE AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO CLT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LEFT HAND BLEED PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE CONTROL THERMOSTAT SOLENOID 10HA1 (AALA202403262736) PER AMM 36-11-55 AND REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL (EEC) PER TASK CARD 26L40073002. (AALA202403269219) A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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