Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 27, 2011
Submitted
May 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N446UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
834
Aircraft time
43,003 hours, 17,268 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Duct
Part number
60592101
Part serial
24
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Bleed
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CIDS CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE FOUND APU DUCT BLEED LEAK RIGHT NEXT TO THE OFFWING SLIDE INFLATION CYLINDER, CAUSING THE COMPARTMENT TO BE EXTREMELY HOT. MESSAGE SAYS EMERGENCY SLIDE PRESS LOW. REPLACED LEFT EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE BOTTLE PER AMM & TESTED PER AMM. TESTED GOOD REF WU V5074H BY 31105.

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