Service difficulty report · Starter · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 15, 2012
Submitted
November 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N469UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1409
Aircraft time
39,213 hours, 16,771 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Starter
Part number
790425A6
Part serial
1225
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

SPARKS FROM FRONT OF ENGINE 2 DURING START. COCKPIT INDICATIONS NORMAL. MAINT ATTEMPTED AUTO START AND START VALVE MANUAL START WITH NO ROTATION. WILL NEED TO REPLACE START VALVE AND STARTER PER MM. REPLACED THE STARTER AND START VALVE PER MM. ACP FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE SYSTEM, MOTORED ENGINE, AND ACP NORMAL ENGINE START.

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