Service difficulty report · Mixer Box · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
March 10, 2025
Submitted
March 12, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N930AU
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
7539
Aircraft time
24,515 hours, 9,771 cycles
Part
Mixer Box
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MIA DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTIING A VIBRATION / NOISE AT LEFT HAND SEAT ROW 18 ABC COMING FROM WALL TO FLOOR AREA WHICH WAS VERY AUDIBLE AND NOT NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT MIA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A CRACKED BAFFLE INSIDE THE LEFT SECTION OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM MIXER UNIT WAS CAUSING THE VIBRATION AND NOISE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE MIXER UNIT PER AMM 21-21-43.

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