Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
April 24, 2024
Submitted
April 25, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N191UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1447
Aircraft time
74,477 hours, 28,736 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
1303A000004
Part serial
130303565
Condition
Warning Message
Location
Flow
Part time
44,582 hours, 21,602 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, O

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 INBOUND INTO CLT. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURIZATION AT FL350. AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED WITH A SINGLE-PACK OPERATIVE SINCE THE RIGHT PACK WAS DEFFERED AND INOPERATIVE. AT FL350 NOTICED CABIN PRESSURE/ALTITUDE INCREASING (9000 100FPM), FLIGHT CREW INITIATED DESCENT, SUBSEQUENT ECAM CABIN PRESSURIZATION EXCESS / CABIN ALT MESSAGE DISPLAYED. CABIN REACHED MAX 11,500, FLIGHT DECK CREW O2 ONLY, THERE AFTER (3 MINUTES), ECAM CAB PR SYS 1 + 2 FAULT (LEFT PACK FAILED/OFF, CONFIRMED ON OVERHEAD PANEL). CABIN O2 MASK NOT DEPLOYED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT CLT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE # 1 FLOW CONTROL VALVE PER AMM 21-51-51 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO FAULTS NOTED.

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