Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 24, 2013
Submitted
March 27, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
489
Aircraft time
63,233 hours, 23,802 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Bleed Valve
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
E, D

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED NR 1 ENGINE EGT OVERLIMIT DURING START. NO RED TIC MARK DISPLAYED. INTERROGATED CFDS AND NO LIMITS EXCEEDED. ACCOMPLISHED MANUAL ENGINE START AND EGT WENT TO 625 AND ABORTED START WITH EGT OVERLIMIT AND START FAULT. REPLACED 7TH STAGE BLEED VALVE PER MM. RAN ENG NORMAL START. 7TH STAGE VALVE WAS LOWER LEFT.

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