Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
August 10, 2002
Submitted
October 23, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
082
Aircraft time
40,442 hours, 18,573 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Engine time
25,938 hours, 11,106 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
1685MK6
Part serial
1685521
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
26,404 hours, 11,973 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, B, P
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

DTW - FIRE - FLT 0239 - WHILE AT GATE, POST FLIGHT, A FIRE OCCURRED AT THE NR 2 ENGINE ON SHUTDOWN, NO ECAM WARNING JUST A LOT OF SMOKE, PUSHED NR 2 ENGINE FIRE BUTTON DISCHARGING BOTH FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES, FIRE WAS PUT OUT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT PROBLEM TO VARIABLE STATOR VANE ACTUATOR, REMOVED AND REPLACED ACTUATOR IAW T/C R5M75303, PERFORMED POWER ASSURANCE ENGINE RUN PER T/C F5M71302, NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. VENDOR PERFORMED EXTENSIVE BENCH TEST AND TEARDOWN OF VARIABLE STATOR VANE ACTUATOR, FINDING REASON FOR REMOVAL NOT CONFIRMED. WHILE ON TEST PLATFORM UNIT WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING FROM A DRY DRAIN. THIS LEAK WAS DETERMINED TO BE OUT OF LIMITS DUE TO NO ALLOWABLE LEAKAGE IN THAT AREA AUTHORIZE

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