Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
July 25, 2010
Submitted
September 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N514NK
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2679
Aircraft time
16,606 hours, 7,968 cycles
Engine
Iae V2524A5
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 5 Bearing
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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What was found

JUST NORTH OF VOR, NOTICED AN UNUSUAL LOW OIL QTY IN THE NR2 ENG. WE ALSO HAD AN FAA MX INSP IN THE OBSERVERS SEAT. A 3 DAY SERVICE CHECK WAS DONE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND ALSO NOTICED NORMAL OIL QTY BEFORE LEAVING DEPARTURE. NOTICED THE OIL QTY AROUND 10 QRTS AROUND THE OMN VOR. WITHIN 10-15 MINUTES, THEN NOTICED 8.5 QRTS OF OIL IN THE NR2 ENG. CAME TO THE CONCLUSION OF A POSSIBLE OIL LEAK. CONTINUED TO MONITOR THE OIL QTY DROPPING LOWER. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH TIME WE HAD BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE. FLEW DIRECT TO DESTINATION AND LANDED WITH 3.5 QRTS OF OIL IN THE 2 ENGINE. MX MET US AT THE GATE AND CONFIRMED THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK.

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