Service difficulty report · Concentrator · Airbus A320211

Difficulty date
March 21, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Airbus A320211
Part
Concentrator
Part number
350E5151022
Condition
Failed
Location
Sdac Nr 1
Part time
14,196 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
G, J
Precautionary procedure
A, B

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

What was found

(CAN)DURING FLIGHT, ALL ECAM WARNINGS, MASTER CAUTION, MASTER WARNING BELLS BEGAN CYCLING. PRESSURIZATION CLIMBED, EMERGENCY DESCENT INITIATED, COULD NOT STOP CYCLING OF WARNINGS OR FAULTS. MAINTENANCE TRO UBLESHOOTING LED TO SDAC #1 FAULT. SDAC REPLACED. SUBSEQUENT REVIEW OF PILOTS REPORT INDICATES THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A TRUE DEPRESSURIZATION PROBLEM AND THE EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS PERFORMED AS A PRECAUTION. AIRBUS ADVISED OF THE INCIDENT.

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