Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
July 7, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft time
9,062 hours
Engine
Rroyce RB211*
Part
Engine
Condition
Stalled
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) THIS EVENT IS A ETOPS SIGNIFICANT FAILURE & A SIMILAR ONE HAS BEEN RPTED IN A PREVIOUS SDR (2KTSJAN00) AT YYC, ENGINE NR 1 STALL ON INIT POWER UP CAUSING AN ENGINE FAIL BUT NO IND. OF ENGINE DAMAGE. ENGINE RESTARTED, ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL & 2ND TAKEOFF SUCCESSFUL.INSP DONE AS PER MM (BORESCOPE) & NO FAULT FOUND. A/C RT-SRV. PREVIOUS SDR 2KTSJAN00 STILL OPEN.SEE SDR 2000810013 ECAM NR 1 ENGINE STALL WARNING DURING ENGINE SPOOL UP FOR TAKEOFF ROLL, ABORTED TAKEOFF & RETURNED TO GATE. CENTRALIZING BOLT HEADS AT NR 3, 5 & 6 POS VGV/IGV FOUND HARD RUBBING INTO RUBBING BLOCKS THAT GROVED & OCCASIONALLY JAMMED VGV/IGV IN A IMPROPER POS CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL.

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