Service difficulty report · Cable · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 12, 2002
Submitted
September 18, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1284
Aircraft time
7,787 hours, 3,052 cycles
Part
Cable
Part number
7405869505
Condition
Arced
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW RECEIVED AUTO FLT WARNINGS (FAC 2, YAW DAMPER 2, RUDDER TRAVEL LIMITER 2, RUDDER TRIM 2, SDAC 2), NO DATA FROM ALL 3 ADIRU'S. MESSAGES OCCURRED AT SAME TIME. MESSAGES NOTED & CLEARED. APPROX 20 MINS LATER ECAM MESSAGES REAPPEARED W/NUMEROUS OTHER SYS MESSAGES; F/O`S PRIMARY FLT DISPLAY & NAVIGATION DISPLAY BEGAN TO FLICKER AS WELL AS LIGHTING & AUDIO VISUAL IN THE CABIN. DURING RAPID SEQ OF WARNING MESSAGES AN AC BUS 2 MESSAGE APPEARED, FOLLOWED BY AVIONIC VENT EXTRACT FAN C/B TRIPPING. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED TO ORD. MX FOUND NR 2 GENERATOR FEEDER CABLE CONNECTOR ARCED AT FIREWALL DISCONNECT. MX REMOVED & REPLACED NR 2 ENG IDG CABLE ASSY, OPS TEST PERFORMED AND SYS CHECKED GOOD.

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