Service difficulty report · Heat Exchanger · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
December 9, 2009
Submitted
December 11, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270AY
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0315
Part
Heat Exchanger
Part number
966A000002
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
45,783 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PHL - FLT 1071 - EN ROUTE PHL TO SJU. AIR RT WING LEAK OCCURRED CLIMBING THROUGH 39500 FEET. DUE TO ICING CONDITIONS EN ROUTE, THE FLIGHT CREW AND OPERATIONS DECIDED TO RETURN TO PHL. THE FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO GET DOWN OUT OF ICING CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT LANDED IN PHL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FOUND THE RIGHT PACK PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CRACKED RIGHT PACK PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER.

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