Service difficulty report · Odor · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
August 25, 2004
Submitted
August 26, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N627AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
66
Aircraft time
48,738 hours, 21,950 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT, AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR NOTICED IN COCKPIT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE COMING FROM AIR CON VENTS IN COCKPIT & CABIN, DONNED O2 MASKS & TURNED BACK, WHEN EXITING RUNWAY RECEIVED PACK 1 OVRHT IND. A/C OUT OF SERVICE. MX FOUND ACM FROZEN, R & R ACM IAW AMM, OPS CK GOOD, NO SMOKE NOTED. NR 1 PACK STILL HAS LOW FLOW PROBLEM, REPLACED NR 1 PACK FLOW CONTROL VALVE IAW AMM, ANTI-ICE VALVE, BYPASS VALVE, AND NR 1 & 2 PACK SENSORS, SYS OPS NORM. INSP OF ACM FOUND TURBINE OUTLET LINED WITH CARBON RESIDUE THAT HAD A NOTICEABLE ODOR, UNIT NOT SEIZED, BUT HAD A HIGH TORQUE OF 56 IN. LBS. DISASSY FOUND TURBINE BEARING DAMAGED WITH A SEVERE RUB & OVRHT COND THAT RESULTED IN A SCORED BEARING JOURNAL ON SHAFT ASSY.

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