Service difficulty report · Plenum · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
May 30, 2026
Submitted
June 2, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2615
Aircraft time
57,066 hours, 29,202 cycles
Part
Plenum
Part number
2056D000001
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
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 RETURNED TO PHX DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING A DIRT SOCK SMELL RIGHT AFTER ROTATION ON TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT PHX AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. FOUND NO SIGNS OF LEAKS OR CONTAMINATION IN APU COMPARTMENT. NOTED DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE PACK BAYS THAT BOTH LT & RT PACK PLENUMS WERE DELAMINATED AND LT PACK PLENUM WAS COLLAPSED. NO EVIDENCE OF OIL OR FOREIGN FLUID CONTAMINATION PRESENT IN THE PACK BAYS. REPLACED BOTH PACK PLENUMS IAW AMM 21-52-22 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY LEAK / OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO ODORS OR ISSUES NOTED.

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