Service difficulty report · Thermocouple · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
August 2, 2025
Submitted
August 4, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N729FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
657
Aircraft time
46,837 hours, 26,291 cycles
Part
Thermocouple
Part number
PW4158
Part serial
724095
Condition
Failed
Location
N/A
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, HAD FLUXING VIBRATION ON CLIMB OUT. MONITORED INSTRUMENTS AND NOTHING WAS OUT OF LIMITS. UPON REACHING APPROXIMATELY 18000, NOTICED ATS LEVERS KICKED OFF. FOLLOWED ECAM AND RESET. INFORMED GOC AND MOCC INFLIGHT. NOTICED EGT ON NUMBER TWO ENGINE WAS PULSING TO 800 DEGREES WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEANUT LIGHT ON THE GAUGE BUT NO ECAM. ATS DISENGAGED AGAIN WITH A PULSE TO 1000 DEGREES. LEFT ATS OFF THE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT AND REDUCED THRUST. DECIDED TO RETURN TO MEMPHIS AND INFORMED GOC, UPON TURNING BACK, WE NOTICED THE VIBRATION N1 WOULD GO FROM 0 TO 0.6 WITHOUT A CHANGE IN THROTTLE POSITION. AS A CREW, WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO EXPEDITE GETTING AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AND AVOID HIGH THRUST SETTINGS. EMERGENCY DECLARED.

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