Service difficulty report · Filter · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 17, 2008
Submitted
November 19, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N423UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
504
Aircraft time
48,851 hours, 17,585 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Filter
Condition
Dirty
Location
E&E Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT. RTFL. AFTER CONFER WITH CAPT, REMOVED CAPTS SIDE PFD & ND, CHECKED AREA FOR ELECT BURN ODOR & DAMAGE, NONE FOUND, EQUIPT COOLING NORMAL. REPLACED AND TESTED CRTS, CKS GOOD. FOUND AVIONICS COOLING FILTER HEAVILY SOILED. REPLACE AVIONICS COOL INLET FILTER. AEVC CFDS TESTS CKS PASSED. PRECAUTIONARY REPLACED BOTH THE LT & RT RECIRC FILTERS. CHECKED RECIRC SYSTEM, BOTH FANS OPERATE & NO ODORS PRESENT. ACP'D CABIN PRESS TO 5.3 DP FOR 57 MIN DURATION PRECAUTIONARY, NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.

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