Service difficulty report · Line · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
August 12, 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
Line
Condition
Crushed
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, J
Precautionary procedure
E, C

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

What was found

PREPARING TO TAKEOFF, WHEN STARTING TO APPLY TAKEOFF POWER PRIOR TO 1.05 EPR, THE NR 2 ENGINE MADE A COMPRESSOR STALL SOUND. IMMEDIATELY MOVED THRUST LEVERS TO IDLE AND ECAM INDICATED, ENGINE 2 COMPRESSOR VANE FAULT. EIGHT PASSENGERS ALSO REPORTED SEEING FLAMES COMING FROM NR 2 ENGINE WHEN POWER WAS FIRST APPLIED ON RUNWAY. REJECTED TAKEOFF, SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENGINE ON TAXI IN TO GATE. MX BORESCOPED NR 2 ENGINE HPC PER T/C I5M72305, NO DEFECTS NOTED. FOUND HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE TO VARIABLE STATOR VANE ACTUATOR CRUSHED, REPLACED LINE AND VARIABLE STATOR VANE ACTUATOR IAW T/C R5M75303, PERFORMED VIBRATION CHECK AND HIGH POWER ASSURANCE ENGINE RUN PER T/C'S F5M71310 AND F5M71302, NO FAULTS WERE NOTED. VENDOR

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