Service difficulty report · Flow Divider · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 3, 2002
Submitted
February 8, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N657AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1083
Aircraft time
9,136 hours, 3,502 cycles
Part
Flow Divider
Part number
38828354
Part serial
1046
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
5,149 hours, 2,107 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, A
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CMH - APU TAILPIPE FIRE - S - WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS ON GROUND FOR RON AT CMH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WAS PREMATURELY SHUTDOWN AND FLAMES WERE REPORTED COMING FROM THE TAILPIPE AREA, THERE WERE NO FIRE WARNINGS, EGT PROBLEMS, OR ECAM MESSAGES. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE APU COMPARTMENT, APU INLET, AND APU EXHAUST AREAS WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. SYSTEM WAS PLACED ON MEL. PHX MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE APU PER TSM 49-00-00-810-817, AND PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL TEST IAW AMM TASK 49-00-00-710-004; FUEL WAS OBSERVED DRIPPING FROM THE DRAIN MAST AND A FUEL FLOW DIVIDER WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM; OPERATIONAL TEST WAS REACCOMPLISHED AND CHECKED GOOD.

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