Service difficulty report · Panel · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 14, 2011
Submitted
April 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N478UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1533
Aircraft time
32,148 hours, 13,974 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Panel
Part number
700TS06Y12
Condition
Faulty
Location
Extinguish Sys
Stage of operation
IN
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

'ENG FIRE EXTING-SQUIB' LIGHT OF 'AGENT 1' PUSHBUTTON SWITCH IS OFF DURING 'LOOP-SQUIB TEST'. ENG 2 SQUIB LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE DURING FIRE TEST. COMPLETED REQUIRED CHECKS AS REQUIRED IN MEL 2621F. FOUND TO NEED FIRE TEST CONTROLLER IN COCKPIT. SEEMS TO BE INTERMITTENT. ENG-APU FIRE PANEL (1WD) 565-9002 AVAIL ORD. INSTALLED NEW WIRE(3 CF20) AND TERMINATED AT CONNECTOR 474VU. CONVOLUTED CONDUIT FOR WIRE BUNDLE 26-21-03-0002 IS SEVERED AFT OF LAST BONDABE MOLDING. REPLACED CONVOLUTED CONDUIT FOR ABOVE STATED WIRE ASSY. WIRE 26-21-03-0003 REQUIRES TERMINATION AT CONN 5WE2A DUE TO REPLACEMENT. TERMINATED WIRE AND REPLACED CONN 5WE2A. ENG FIRE PNL OPS CHKS OK. WIRE REPAIRS ACP'D ON EQ#1502013,1502012,1502008.

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