Service difficulty report · Transducer · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 21, 2011
Submitted
March 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N486UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1620
Aircraft time
30,792 hours, 13,683 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
33,642 hours, 13,845 cycles
Part
Transducer
Part number
144171000031
Part serial
1564
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 2 ENG VIBRATION, RTFL. PERFORMED TRANSIENT ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION TEST OF NR 2 ENG LP COMPRESSOR FAN BLADES PER AMM. ALL BLADES FOUND WITHIN LIMITS. NR 2 ENGINE, REMOVED INLET CONE AND FAIRING FOR INSPECTION OF BLADE RETAINING RING. CHECKED TORQUE OF BLADE RETAINING RING AND ANNULUS FILLERS. NO DEFECTS FOUND. INSTALLED INLET CONE AND FAIRING. REPLACED NR 2 ENG VIBRATION TRANSDUCER & MONITORING UNIT PER MM. ACCOMPLISHED HIGH POWER VIB SURVEY TEST 8. HIGHEST VIBS INDICATED WAS 0.4 N1 AND 0.5 N2. THE SAMC CONTROLLER AND MANAGER CONCURR THAT THE AIRPLANE CAN BE RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE AFTER EXPERIENCING A DIVERSION OR AIR TURNBACK DUE TO A MECHANICAL REASON. BACK IN SERVICE PER OBPLM.

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