Service difficulty report · Bellows · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
March 29, 2026
Submitted
April 1, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N179UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1521
Aircraft time
78,962 hours, 30,746 cycles
Part
Bellows
Part number
D2157160000000
Condition
Blown
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, 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 TUL DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT THEY LOST PRESSURIZATION AT FL340. THE FLIGHT CREW DESCENDED TO 10, 000 FEET AND REPORTED THAT THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION WAS ERRATIC FOR THE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. THE AIRCERAFT LANDED SAFELY AT TUL MAINTENANCE FOUND A BELLOWS ON THE RIGHT-HAND PACK JUST UP STREAM OF THE CONDENSOR BLOWN APART AND REPLACED IT. A SATISFACTORY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLSIHED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED.

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