Service difficulty report · Lamp · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
August 4, 2026
Submitted
August 5, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N896UA
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
3144
Aircraft time
51,365 hours, 27,471 cycles
Engine
Iae V2524A5
Part
Lamp
Part number
GE1810
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST, PTP SHOWS FAULT EPSU EXT LOAD EMER. RESET POWER TO ASSOCIATED EPSU. NO FIX. COMPLETED BITE OF EPSU UNIT IAW TSM 33-51-00-810-822-A. BITE SHOWED EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAULT. WIRING CHECKED IAW TSM 33-51-00-810-822-A, FOUND RED LED EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAULT ACTIVE ON EPSU 12WL. SWAPPING EPSU 12WL & 11WL, RESULTS IN THE FAULT STAYING IN PLACE. RETURNED EPSU TO ORIGINAL LOCATIONS. PERFORMED WIRING CHECKS FOR GROUNDS ON EPSU & ALL RANG OUT NORMAL. TSM33-51-00-810-822-A SAYS TO CHECK THE WIRING OF THE SLIDE LIGHTS CONNECTOR AND THE BETWEEN APPLICABLE EPSU & RELATED EMERGENCY LIGHTS & REPAIR WIRING. REF ASM 33-51-02 SCH 01 PAGE 120C, DEU-B 300RH1 APPEARS UNRELATED TO EPSU 12WL BUT IS INSTEAD DEU-B 300RH4. REMOVED CEILING PANEL ABOVE ROW 22 TO FIND DEU-B BUT COULD NOT LOCATE. EXTERNAL LOAD FAULT SUGGESTS EITHER EXTERNAL RT OVERWING LIGHT OR RT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SLIDE. SUGGEST WIRING CHECKS OF RH OVERWING LIGHTS AND/OR RH OVERWING SLIDE. ON INSPECTION OF RT AFT OVERWING EMER LIGHT ASSY, FOUND BULB CORRODED, SEPERATED FROM METAL & SEZED IN LIGHT FIXTURE. R & R RT AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT FIXTURE. OPS CHKD GOOD. CIDS TEST OK. IAW AMM 33-51-15.

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