Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
November 27, 2001
Submitted
November 28, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1397
Aircraft time
3,438 hours, 1,332 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
VFT300B00
Part serial
2446
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
467 hours, 175 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEN - AIR TURNBACK -C - WHILE EN ROUTE ACFT RECEIVED ECAM MESSAGE FOR VENT SKIN FAULT. DURING TURN AT DEN DEACTIVATION OF THE VENT SKIN AIR VALVE WAS ACCOMPLISHED. UPON TAKEOFF FROM DEN TO LAS ECAM MESSAGE REAPPEARED AND ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE, ACFT TURNED BACK TO DEN AND MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM & FOUND VENT SKIN AIR VALVE IN OPEN POSITION. DEACTIVATION OF VENT AIR SKIN VALVE IN CLOSED POSITION WAS CORRECTLY RE-ACCOMPLISHED AND CPC TEST 1 AND 2 WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. REPLACED THE VENT SKIN AIR VALVE. NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

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