Service difficulty report · Contactor · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
July 5, 2024
Submitted
July 9, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1463
Aircraft time
70,377 hours, 32,850 cycles
Part
Contactor
Part number
640CC04A2Y00
Condition
Faulted
Location
Generator
Stage of operation
CR
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 DIVERTED TO IAD DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING AN EPR LOAD FAULT ECAM MESSAGE SIMULTANEOUS WITH GENERATOR 1 FAULT AND TR1 FAULT.WITH BOTH THRUST LEVERS AT CRUISE POWER WAS RECEIVING ABOUT 25% LESS THRUST IN THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE DURING THIS EVENT AND THEN 1'S WERE EVENLY MATCHED AT IDLE THRUST. FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED ECAM PROCEDURES FOR GNEERATOR 1 FAULT AND RESET. THE GENERATOR CAME BACK ONLINE AND APPOXIMATLEY 5 MINUTES LATER THE SAME GENERATOR FAULT MESSAGE CAME BACK AND WOULD NOT RESET. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT IAD AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE EPR MODE FAULT PER TSM 73-22-00-810-817-B AND 73-00-00-810-853-A. UPON FAULT CONFIRMATION TEST, AS WELL AS ACCOMPLISHING ENGINE RUNS MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE LAST LEG REPORT OF THE FADEC 1A AND 1B WAS CLEAN WITH NO MAINTENANCE MESSAGES. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE #1 ENGINE IDG FEEDER CABLES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AND REPLACED THE #1 TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER UNIT 1PU1 PER AMM 24-32-51. (AALA202407095121) MAINTENANCE ALSO REPLACED THE CONTACTOR 5PU1 FOR THE #1 TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER UNIT PER AMM 24-32-55. (AALA202407093185) A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO FAULTS NOTED.

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