Service difficulty report · Thermostat · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 3, 2003
Submitted
August 5, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N658AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1110
Aircraft time
14,240 hours, 5,479 cycles
Part
Thermostat
Part number
342B030000
Part serial
2680
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
14,239 hours, 5,478 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, S, G
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF RECEIVED NR 1 & NR 2 ENGINE BLEED CLASS MESSAGES. BOTH BLEED VALVES CLOSED & TEMP AT 320 C, CYCLED SWITCHES WITH NO SUCCESS. TURNED APU BLEED ON & BOTH ENG BLEEDS RETURNED TO NORMAL. RETURNED BOTH ENG BLEEDS TO SERVICE & 2 MIN LATER BOTH ENG BLEEDS FAULTED AGAIN. CYCLED BLEED CIRCUIT BREAKERS PER MX CONTROL & CAPT EMERGENCY AUTHORITY & BOTH BLEEDS RETURNED TO NORMAL. AFTER TURNBACK OBSERVED HOT ODOR, TURNED BOTH BLEEDS OFF, LANDED WITHOUT EVENT. MX PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF FAN AIR VALVES, CHECK WAS GOOD. REMOVED & REPLACED NR 1 & NR 2 ENG TEMP CONTROL THERMOSTATS. OPS AND LEAK CHECKS GOOD. BLEED MONITORING COMPUTERS 1 & 2 BOTH CHECKED GOOD ON CENTRALIZED FAULT DISPLAY SYS.

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