Service difficulty report · Filter · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
April 29, 2002
Submitted
June 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
924
Aircraft time
12,944 hours, 5,587 cycles
Part
Filter
Part number
342B030000
Part serial
2247
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Thermostat
Part time
12,938 hours, 5,583 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMBOUT, CREW RECEIVED ECAM MESSAGE FOR NR 1 ENG BLEED FAULT; BLEED TEMP REACHED 280 DEG & CROSSFEED VALVE OPENED; ACFT RETURNED. MX REPLACED FAN AIR THERMOSTAT & OPERATIONALLY CHECKED OUT SYS BY RUNNING ENG FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AT POWER, CHECKED GOOD. SYS PREVIOUSLY PLACED ON MEL 36-11-04 COND. NR 1 FAN AIR VALVE INOPERATIVE FOR SIMILAR EVENT THAT OCCURRED ON 04/28/2002. NR 1 ENGINE FAN AIR VALVE WAS REPLACED. VENDOR BENCH CHECK OF FAN AIR VALVE, NO FAULT FOUND. VENDOR TEARDOWN OF TEMP CONTROL THERMOSTAT CONFIRMED FAILURE. THERMOSTAT FILTER CONTAMINATED & BLOCKED BY POLLUTION. FILTER WAS CLEANED, AND PACKING (S602-6X1) AND PRESSURE REDUCING CLAPPER GUIDE REPLACED.

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