Service difficulty report · Anti-Ice Valve · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
April 12, 2002
Submitted
April 16, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N631AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
077
Aircraft time
39,247 hours, 18,174 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Part
Anti-Ice Valve
Part number
324425
Part serial
0192B
Condition
Closed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
35,664 hours, 16,547 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

YKM - DIVERSION - EN ROUTE FROM PHX TO SEA LT ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE CLOSED, ECAM WARNING OCCURRED AFTER SELECTION OF ANTI-ICE TO ON. TRIED VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS UP TO FULL CLIMB POWER TO OPEN THE ANTI-ICE VALVE, ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, DUE TO ICING CONDITIONS DIVERTED TO YKM. THE ANTI-ICE VALVE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 30-21-51-401, OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD AND MEL 30-21-01, COND NR 2 WAS CLEARED.

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