Service difficulty report · Heat Exchanger · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
April 11, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft time
50,799 hours
Engine
Ge CF650C2
System (JASC)
7312 · Fuel Heater
Part
Heat Exchanger
Part number
1582108
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Fuel Heater
Part time
1,112 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) FUEL OIL HEATER FAILED INTERNALLY CAUSING FUEL TO CONTAMINATE THE OIL SYSTEM AND EXIT SPINNER AND NOSE COWL. THE OPERATOR EXPRESSED THAT THIS IS NOT A COMMON OCCURENCE AND THAT THIS WAS SUSPECTED TO BE THE RESULT OF TSN IN SERVICE OF THE APPLIANCE AND THE EFFFECTS OF VIBRATION.

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