Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
July 15, 2014
Submitted
July 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N564TA
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
2862
Aircraft time
30,843 hours, 10,208 cycles
Engine
Iae V2533A5
Part
Sensor
Part number
2A3343
Part serial
PSGCAN8964
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
7,285 hours, 2,254 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBING PHASE OF FLIGHT THE CAPTAIN REPORTED ENG 1 EPR MODE FAULT WITH N1 UNRATED INDICATION. THE ACFT RETURNED FOR MX. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING THE ACFT WAS HELD ON GND & PERFORMED FAULT ANALYSIS IAW TSM 73-22-00-810-817-B, REPLACING THE P2 & T2 SENSOR OF ENG 1 IAW AMM 73-22-11 PB401, PERFORMED THE CORRESPONDING TESTS WITH NORMAL RESULTS. AS A PRECAUTIONARY ACTION REPLACED THE RELAY BOX OF ENG 1 IAW AMM 71-51-49 PB401. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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