Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
August 27, 2014
Submitted
August 29, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N564TA
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
2862
Aircraft time
31,404 hours, 10,351 cycles
Engine
Iae V2524A5
Part
Apu
Part number
9028A000401
Part serial
9028A00TY023848
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
31,404 hours, 10,351 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB THE PILOT REPORTED F/CONTROL FLAPS LOCKED, DUE THAT SITUATION THE ACFT RETURNED FOR MX, ADDITIONALLY REPORTED ANTI-ICE L WINDOW FAULT & APU AUTO SHUTDOWN. IT WAS PERFORMED A FAULT ANALYSIS IAW TSM 27-51-00-810-808-A FINDING THAT APU LT HAS A DIFFERENCE OF 0.6, THE APU WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 27-51-18 PB401, PERFORMED THE CORRESPONDING TESTS WITH NORMAL RESULTS. FOR THE ANTI-ICE L WINDOW REPORT PERFORMED TSM 30-42-00-810-811-A & THE SYS OPERATIONAL TEST IAW AMM 30-42-00-710-001 WAS NORMAL. FOR THE APU AUTO SHUTDOWN REPORT PERFORMED TSM 49-00-81-810-844-A, THE APU OPERATION IAW AMM 49-00-00 PB 201 WAS NORMAL, ALL PARAMETERS WITHIN NORMAL RANGES. BECAUSE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS VERIFIED THE LOAD REPORT IAW AMM 05-50-00-810-802-A & 05-51-11-200-004-B VERIFYING THAT ALL THE PARAMETERS ARE WITHIN NORMAL RANGES DURING LANDING, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. AFTER THOSE MX ACTIONS THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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