What was found
START FAULT DISPLAYED ON UPPER ECAM SCREEN, HUNG START, ENG 1. START VLV NEVER DID OPEN, TRIED THREE START ATTEMPTS. REPLACED PNEUMATIC START VLV IAW AMM-80-13-51. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- October 22, 2013
- Submitted
- October 25, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N489UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1702
- Aircraft time
- 38,215 hours, 16,750 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 8012 · Engine Start Valves/Controls
- Part
- Start Valve
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.