Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
June 4, 2020
Submitted
June 5, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N724FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
530
Aircraft time
39,110 hours, 20,370 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4158
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UNCOMMANDED THRUST ON NR 1 ENGINE PDIS 724 73-20 6735 04JUN20 MEM. WHILE AT CRUISE FL340 WITH MANUAL THROTTLES DUE TO ATS SYSTEM MEL'D. WHEN ADJUSTING POWER NOTICED NR 1 ENGINE WAS SLOWLY INCREASING POWER WHILE PULLING NR 1 THROTTLE BACK, EPR POINTER REDUCE BUT ALL ENGINE SETTINGS WERE INCREASING. WHILE TROUGLESHOOTING, ENGINE TEMPORARILY EXCEEDED N1 APPROX 108%, EGT 650 DEGREES, N2 112%, TIME OF EXCEEDENCES NO MORE THAN 20 SECONDS. WHEN STARTED A DESCEND AND ENGINE RESPONSE RECOVERED. OBTAINED FADEC 1 OVHT, FADEC CHANNEL A & B FAULT ON LANDING. PERFORMED BITE TEST PER TSM 73-21-40 ON THE NR 1 FADEC SYS AND GRD FAULT CODES NOTED WERE 350-18 AND 350-29. DURING LAST FLIGHT LEG FAULT CODES 352-23, 350-18, 350-16 AND 350-15 WERE NOTED. OPENED THE LEFT FAN COWL AND INSPECTED AREA AROUND THE EEC FOR A PNEUMATIC LEAK, NONE NOTED.

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