Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
August 31, 2025
Submitted
September 17, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N171US
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1465
Aircraft time
78,468 hours, 30,390 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM565B3P
Engine time
67,621 hours, 31,900 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
TC31601
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
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 RETURNED TO PHX DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT AN ENGINE 2 EGT OVER LIMIT ECAM MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE FLIGHT CREW SHUT DOWN #2 ENGINE AS PER THE ECAM PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT PHX WHERE IT TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. * MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED TSM FOR EGT OVERLIMIT PER AMM 77-00-00-810-849-A. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WITH WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO DAMAGED NOTED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE UPPER SECTOR PROBE AND EXTENSION LEADS (10:00 POSITION) MAKING CONTACT AND CHAFFED. AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FOLLOWING EGT INDICATION ITEMS PER AMM 77-21-10: UPPER EXTENSION LEAD, LOWER EXTENSION LEAD (AALA202509173193), MAIN JUNCTION BOX / COUPLING (AALA202509171579), THERMOCOUPLE WIRING HARNESS TC316 / 3TC (AALA202509172712) AND THERMOCOUPLE WIRING HARNESS TC315 / 2TC (AALA202509171009). A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER AMM 73-29-00-710-040-B-02.

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