Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
May 27, 2004
Submitted
May 28, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N645AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
238
Aircraft time
38,912 hours, 17,140 cycles
Part
Wire
Part number
3957985205
Part serial
988
Condition
Chafed
Location
Zone 120
Part time
22,617 hours, 8,804 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT, RECEIVED ECAM INDICATION NR 2 ENG NACELLE TEMP VARIES BETWEEN 315 & 380 DEGREES, INDICATION INTERMITTENT, DIVERTED TO PHX FOR REPAIR. MX TROUBLESHOT WIRING FROM PIN A/10B OF ENGINE INTERFACE UNIT (EIU) TO PIN 1 OF NACELLE TEMP SENSOR, NO FAULTS WERE NOTED, BUT DID FIND NACELLE SENSOR WIRE 8G004 CHAFED/CUT, RE-TERMINATED WIRE AT GP5-4, OHMS CHECK WAS GOOD. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE NACELLE TEMPERATURE SENSOR (HEAT DETECTOR) IAW AMM 75-41-15, AND EIU IAW AMM 73-25-34. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ASSURANCE RUN, BOTH ENGINE NACELLE TEMPERATURES WITHIN 10 DEGREES OF EACH OTHER. BENCH TEST OF EIU S/N 988 WAS NO FAULT FOUND, UNIT PASSED ALL ACCEPTANCE TESTS PER CMM 73-25-35, REV. 4.

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