Service difficulty report · Bleed Actuator · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
July 4, 2003
Submitted
July 31, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1281
Aircraft time
10,677 hours, 4,139 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Part
Bleed Actuator
Part number
1777MK2
Part serial
7839
Condition
Faulty
Location
Engine
Part time
10,677 hours, 4,139 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ON TAKE OFF ROLL AT PHX EN ROUTE TO YYC, EGT LIMIT EXCEEDED (645) DEGREES. ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. MECHANIC REMOVED AND REPLACED THE 2.5 BLEED (LPC MASTER) ACTUATOR IAW AWA T/C R5M75307 AND PERFORMED POWER ASSURANCE TESTS IAW AWA T/C F5M71312 AS REQUIRED. VENDOR TEARDOWN OF LPC BLEED MASTER ACTUATOR S/N 1777839 CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT. DURING RIG INVESTIGATION THE PISTON WOULD NOT EXTEND, ERRATIC MOVEMENT WAS ALSO FOUND DURING VELOCITY CHECKS, AND HIGH INTERNAL LEAKAGE WAS NOTED. REPLACED TORQUE MOTOR FOR ERRATIC MOVEMENT, AND REPLACED SEAL (P/N STD949-77) FOR INTERNAL LEAKAGE. UNIT TESTED IAW CMM 75-38-02, REV. 1.

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