Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
November 26, 2007
Submitted
November 27, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N268AV
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
2175
Aircraft time
12,270 hours, 4,714 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM565B4
Part
Unknown
Condition
Warning Message
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN CRUISE, EXPERIENCED ECAM WARNING APU FIRE DET FAULT, & BOTH CARGO BOTTLES DISC LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE P/B SWITCHES, WITH NO ASSOCIATED ECAM, OR WARNINGS. UPON LANDING, AND AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT GATE, NO POWER ON AC BUSS 2, NO POWER ON TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER NR 2, & APU WOULD NOT CRANK OR START. MAINTENANCE FOUND C/B FIN 30WF POPPED AND THEN RESET IT, WHICH CLEARED THE APU FIRE DET FAULT. THE AC POWER LOSS WAS CLEARED BY FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING, WHICH LOCATED THAT C/B FIN 11PB HAD POPPED. IT WAS RESET AND TR 2 WAS RESET, A SUCCESSFUL APU WAS C/W, AND ALL AC BUSSES CK'D OK.TESTED APU FIRE DET SYS IAW AMM 26-13-00-PB501, TESTED CARGO SMOKE DET SYS IAW AMM 26-16-00PB501, C/W TSM 24-32-00-810-806 AND 24-32-00-810-802 FOR TR 2 AND OP'S CK'D GOOD. RAN BOTH ENGINES AND RESTARTED APU WITH NO OTHER FAILURES OR FAULTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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