- Difficulty date
- August 23, 2012
- Submitted
- August 24, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 512
- Aircraft time
- 59,639 hours, 22,488 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- Part
- Starter
- Part number
- 790425A6
- Part serial
- 1052
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J, B
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
START FAULT DISPLAYED ON UPPER ECAM SCREEN. HUNG START. - ENG 1 CREW COMMENTS: SUBSEQUENT MANUAL START FAILED. DISPLAYED CHECK BLEED SUPPLY PROG TEXT: - ITEM ROLLED FORWARD. SAMC TEXT: FLT CREW REPORTS THAT SPARKS WERE REPORTED BY PUSH CREW DURING INITIAL START ATTEMPT. FOUND METAL ON MAG PLUG, REPLACED STARTER REF MM. REPLACE START VALVE PRECAUTIONARY. REPLACED START VALVE.