Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Airbus A330243F

Difficulty date
August 29, 2020
Submitted
September 1, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N331QT
Make and model
Airbus A330243F
Aircraft serial
1380
Aircraft time
28,589 hours, 9,014 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
38811411
Part serial
1914
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Part time
6,979 hours, 17,864 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, THE "APU FAULT" MESSAGE WAS SHOWN AT ECAM SYSTEM DISPLAY, THE ELECTRICAL GENERATOR NO 1 HAD BEEN DEFERRED (MEL 24-22-01) AND THEREFORE THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED FROM FLIGHT. DURING THE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AND ACCORDING TO THE TROUBLESHOOTING TSM TASK 49-62-00-810-815-A. THE APU OIL COOLER WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE AND IT WAS REPLACED AND THE TEST WAS SATISFACTORY IAW AMM 49-91-44-000-801-A AND AMM 49-91-44-400-801-A. THE ELECTRICAL GENERATOR NR 1 WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE TEST WAS SATISFACTORY IAW AMM 24-21-51-000-804-A, AMM 24-21-51-400-804-A AND AMM 24-21-00-710-809.

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