Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
November 29, 2025
Submitted
December 11, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N992AU
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
7157
Aircraft time
27,635 hours, 10,965 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Engine time
73,602 hours, 33,751 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
EB101729C
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Component
Engine · Iae
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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 ON FINAL APROACH INTO TPA DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OF AT FL 320, AN ENGINE 1 COMPRESSOR VANE FAULT ECAM MESSAGE DISPLAYED, SKYWISE SHOWED EEC CHANNEL B FAULT. THE FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURE, DISENGAGED AUTO THRUST AND CONTINUED TO TPA. JUST PRIOR TO INITIATING DESCENT INTO TPA, AN LEFT ENGINE FAIL MESSAGE DISPLAYED WHEN THRUST WENT TO IDLE, THE FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED SAFELY AT TPA WHERE IT TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. **ORIGINAL REPORT WAS AALA202512032424 SUBMITTED 12/3/25 BY TUL: MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON #1 ENGINE: HPC STAGE 7 BLEED VALVES AND SOLENOID VALVES FOR 7A (AALA202512032424, AALA202512116434), 7B (AALA202512111000, AALA202512112981), 7C (AALA202512111964, AALA202512113366), HPC STAGE 10 BLEED VALVE AND SOLENOID VALVE (AALA202512112186, AALA202512118179). A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED.

More about the Airbus A321-231