Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 4, 2012
Submitted
November 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
820
Aircraft time
50,155 hours, 19,024 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Extinguish Sys
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE, NR 1 FIRE BOTTLE. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING DL1057 FIRE BOTTLE AGENT DISCHARGE TEST, FOUND BOTH WIRES BROKEN UNDER CONDUIT BETWEEN CONNECTOR 473VC PINS 4 TO FIRE AGENT PRESSURE CONNECTOR PIN 2. ALSO GROUND WIRE FROM AGENT CONNECTOR PIN NR 3 TO GROUND, FOR FIRE BOTTLE NR 1. ACP'D FIRE BOTTLE LOW PRESSURE TEST AND OVERHEAD ENGINE 1 FIRE TEST. REPLACED WIRES, SEE PTT 1552007 & PTT1552008 FOR REPAIR, SEE DF178 FOR OPS CHECK.

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