Service difficulty report · Turbine · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
July 12, 2001
Submitted
July 18, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N634AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
091
Aircraft time
36,520 hours, 16,785 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Engine time
31,163 hours, 14,451 cycles
Part
Turbine
Part number
V2500A1
Part serial
091
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
31,163 hours, 14,451 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SEA - ENGINE FAILURE - DIVERTED FLIGHT. EN ROUTE FROM YVR TO PHX THE NR 2 ENGINE EXCEEDED EGT LIMITS FOLLOWED BY ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SEA MAKING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. IN SEA THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE EXTENSIVE TURBINE DAMAGE. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED SEVERAL DENTS ON RT INBOARD AFT FLAP, WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN SRM LIMITS, NO REPAIR REQUIRED. THE RT HORIZ STABILIZER L/E HAD 4 DENTS WHICH WERE ADDRESSED PER AWA ER 26-5512-01189-DD2 TO PREPARE THE AIRCRAFT FOR MAINTENANCE FERRY TO PHX AFTER THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS CHANGED. THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL GOUGE IN NR 2 FLAP TRACK FAIRING (RT WING) WHICH WAS IN LIMITS TO CONTINUE IN SERVICE.

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