Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 30, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N638AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
455
Part
Duct
Condition
Failed
Location
Bleed Air Syst
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DIVERSION, PRECAUTIONARY LANDING MADE AT DSM. AIR WING LEAK, AIR APU BLEED LEAK, DETECTED BY ECAM. PRESSURIZATION WAS LOST FOR A SHORT TIME. MESSAGE CLEARED AND SYSTEM RESET, OPS NORMAL AFTER THAT. FOUND SEPARATED BLEED DUCT AT GROUND AIR START TO MANIFOLD. REMOVED AND REPLACED DUCT ASSEMBLY, OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN DSM IN AN OVERWEIGHT CONDITION. AIRCRAFT WEIGHED 143,000 LBS. TOUCHDOWN VERTICAL SPEED LESS THAN 100 FEET PER MINUTE. EMERGENCY DECLARED, DISPATCH NOTIFIED. FOUND TO BE WELL WITHIN OVERWEIGHT LANDING LIMITS AS VERTICAL SPEED WAS LESS THAN 360 FEET PER MINUTE AT TOUCHDOWN. NO FURTHER CHECKS REQUIRED.

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