Service difficulty report · Ballast · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
November 17, 2024
Submitted
November 18, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N702UW
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
896
Aircraft time
67,692 hours, 39,996 cycles
Part
Ballast
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AT 500 FEET ON APPROACH THERE WAS A VERY STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELLIN AFT GALLEY AND IN COCKPIT. MORE PRONOUNCED IN AFT GALLEY. MAINTENANCE C/W J/C 26L00021001, RAN BOTH ENGINES AND FOUND LIGHT AT ROW 27DEF FLICKERING WITH AN ACRID ODOR IN SURROUNDING AREA. REMOVED AND REPLACED BALLAST AT ROW 27DEF IAW AMM 33-21-11. RE-RAN ENGINES, NO SMELLS NOTED,

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