Service difficulty report · Oil System · Airbus A321253N

Difficulty date
May 15, 2018
Submitted
May 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922VA
Make and model
Airbus A321253N
Aircraft serial
07639
Aircraft time
3,444 hours, 828 cycles
Engine
Cfmint LEAP1A33
Engine time
1,705 hours, 455 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Overtemp
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
1,705 hours, 455 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO A HIGH OIL TEMP. DIVERTED. THE NR 2 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE LIMIT EXCEEDED. ACFT GROUNDED. TROUBLESHOT IAW TSM 79-32-00-810-853-A. NO FINDINGS NOTED. IAW ENGINEERING REQUEST, R & R THE OIL PRESSURE TEMP SENSOR IAW AMM 79-32-05 PB 401. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE HIGH POWER RUN ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL. A/C OK TO PROCEED. AT THE END OF A FLIGHT, ON REACHING BINGO FUEL, PROCEEDED TO THE ALTERNATE. NEARLY AT FINAL APPROACH, AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET, RECEIVED AN ECAM MESSAGE FOR THE NR 2 ENG OIL TEMP EXCEEDING LIMITS. THE PILOT TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE, REDUCED THE ENGINE TO IDLE AND NOTICED THAT THE NR 2 ENG OIL TEMPERATURE HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL. BOTH PILOTS OBSERVED THAT THE NR 2 ENG OIL TEMPERATURE WAS FLUCTUATING CONSIDERABLY AND REACHED APPROXIMATELY 195C. THE PILOTS AGREED TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE ECAM PROCEDURE AND SHUTDOWN THE ENG. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FIRST OFFICER PROCEEDED TO FINISH THE ECAM AND QRH PROCEDURES. PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING.

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