Service difficulty report · Oil System · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
September 26, 2024
Submitted
October 3, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N915US
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6387
Aircraft time
12,955 hours, 31,459 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Engine time
70,043 hours, 32,376 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E, 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 MEM DUE TO LEFT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE AND THE OIL QUANTITY DROPPING TO 0 DURING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT MEM. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE RED WARNING FOR OIL QUANITY DID NOT DISPLAY UNTIL LANDING AND THEY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AFTER LANDING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE #1 ENGINE PER TASK CARD 26L40071004.

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