Service difficulty report · Pump · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
January 3, 2026
Submitted
January 6, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6214
Aircraft time
36,519 hours, 15,058 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
974540
Part serial
G1130640
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 100
Part time
39,676 hours, 15,380 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
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 DEN DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT THE BLUE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PUMP FAILED WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL320 AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR IN FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED THAT CIRCUIT BREAKER C12 WAS POPPED OUT. THE FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE ECAM PROCEDURES AND LANDED SAFELY AT DEN WHERE IT TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BLUE ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC PUMP PER AMM 29-12-51. MAINTENANCE EXAMINED CONTROL WIRES FROM PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER 207GJ UP TO TERMINAL BLOCK 1853VT BLOCK 91 AND FOUND THAT TERMINAL "E" LOCKS HAD FAILED ON THE TERMINAL BLOCK. MAINTENANCE REPLACED TERMINAL BLOCK 1853VT BLOCK 91 PER ESPM 20-44-51 (AALA202601062502) AND CIRCUIT BREAKER 2702GJ C12 PER ESPM 20-46-10 (AALA202601069455). A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED.

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