SDR AU000062

Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A320211

Difficulty date
January 14, 2000
Submitted
June 23, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Airbus A320211
Engine
Cfmint CFM565A1
Part
Duct
Part number
D3671052505000
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu Bleed Air
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(AUS) APU BLEED AIR SUPPLY DUCT HOLED IN THE AREA LOCATED AFT OF THEREAR CARGO HOLD BETWEEN FRAMES NR 68 AND NO70. THE HOLE WASAPPROXIMATELY 9.525MM (0.375IN) IN DIAMETER AND LOCATED AT THE 6O'CLOCK POSITION AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF SEVERECORROSION INITIATED BY HYDRAULIC FLUID (SKYDROL) CONTAMINATIONFROM A LEAKING PRESSURE FITTING LOCATED ABOVE THE DUCT AT FRAME NO69. THE HYDRAULIC FLUID HAD SOAKED INTO THE INSULATION MATERIAL SURROUNDING THE DUCT. A SECTION OF THE DUCT SUPPORT RIB HAD BEENCORRODED AWAY AND THE INSULATION HAD BEEN BURNT BY THE HOT BLEEDAIR.

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