SDR SA07028

Service difficulty report · Hmu · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
April 18, 2007
Submitted
April 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N179UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1521
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Hmu
Part number
8061532
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 400
Part time
18,256 hours
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DTW FLT 902 EN ROUTE CLT TO DTW, DURING DESCENT, BELOW FL 290, ENGINE 1 BEGAN TO RUMBLE AND VIBRATE. THE AUTOTHROTTLE WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE WAS BROUGHT BACK IDLE AND THE VIBRATIONS STOPPED. AT 7,000 FEET AND 210 KNOTS, THE AUTOTHROTTLES WERE RE-ENGAGED AND ALL OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL. AFTER LANDING AND ARRIVAL AT THE GATE, THE GROUND CREW NOTICED A TRAIL OF FUEL THAT FOLLOWED THE NUMBER ENGINE, ENDING IN A PUDDLE UNDERNEATH IT. ALSO, A 1,000 POUND DIFFERENCE IN FUEL BURN BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL TANKS WAS NOTED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE HMU LEAKING. THE HMU WAS CHANGED WITH THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS CHANGED DUE TO OTHER PERFORMANCE ISSUES NOT RELATED TO THE FUEL LEA

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