Service difficulty report · Bearing · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
November 2, 2001
Submitted
March 28, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1281
Aircraft time
4,800 hours, 1,917 cycles
Engine
Iae V2524A5
Engine time
4,800 hours, 1,917 cycles
Part
Bearing
Part number
2A1165
Condition
Fractured
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, E, B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE ECAM MESSAGE FOR NR 1 ENG OIL FILTER CLOG APPEARED, FOLLOWED BY NR 1 ENG OIL PRESSURE RISE INTO THE RED AREA, NR 1 ENG HIGH VIBRATION & SMOKE IN THE CABIN. EXECUTED EMERGENCY DESCENT & LANDED AT MAF. MX REMOVED MAIN OIL FILTER & CHIP DETECTORS AND FOUND THEM CONTAMINATED WITH METALIC DEBRIS, ENG WAS REMOVED. TEAR DOWN OF NR 1 ENGINE REVEALED NR 3 BEARING FRACTURE AS CAUSE OF INCIDENT. NR 3 BEARING OUTER RING WAS FRACTURED AND EXHIBITED SIGNS OF RACEWAY SPALLING WITH OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF OUTER RING DISPLAYING SIGNS OF LOCALIZED FRETTING, FRACTURE INITIATED FROM OUTSIDE DIAMETER FRETTING AREA.

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