Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
December 28, 2010
Submitted
December 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512NK
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2673
Aircraft time
18,231 hours, 8,817 cycles
Engine
Iae V2524A5
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AFTER T/O. AIR RETURN. PACKS OFF T/O. FIRST PACK ON AT 9360 FLASHING ADV SIGN. PRESSURE PAGE SHOWED OUTFLOW VALVE CLOSED. CABIN CONTINUED TO CLIMB. TURN ON PACK 2 STILL NO HELP. STOPPED CLIMB, SWITCHED TO MANUAL. NO JOY. SWITCHED PACKS OFF AND ON AGAIN AND MANUAL WORKED. TRIED AUTO AGAIN AND STILL NO JOY. CONTROLLED CABIN IN MANUAL. RETURN TO DEPARTURE. CONFIGURED TO SPEED 185 KTS. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF THE PRESSURE CONTROLLER MONITORING IAW AMM 21-31-00-710-002. NO FAULTS NOTED. PERFORMED LEAK CHECK IN AIR CONDITIONER BAY IAW AMM 21-52-00-200-010. NO LEAKS NOTED. VISUALLY VERIFIED OUTFLOW VALVE WAS CLOSING. PERFORMED PRESSURIZATION CHECK OF CABIN IAW AMM 05-53-00-970-052. PERFORMED GENERAL WALK AROUND FOR ANY VISUAL DAMAGE AND FOUND NONE. ACFT OK FOR CONTINUED SERVICE.

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