Service difficulty report · Acm · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
April 24, 2011
Submitted
April 26, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N111US
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
1114
Aircraft time
31,705 hours, 19,176 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
1263A000003
Part serial
01183
Condition
Seized
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
31,713 hours, 19,181 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 1048 TPA-CLT - SMOKE IN CABIN - AIRCRAFT CABIN FILLED WITH DENSE SMOKE ON TAKEOFF. SMELL DESCRIBED AS MATCHES, SULPHUR OR BURNING RUBBER. NO SMELL IN COCKPIT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO TPA. MAINTENANCE FOUND AIR CYCLE MACHINE SEIZED - REMOVED AND REPLACED ACM PER AIRBUS MAINTENANCE MANUAL 21-51-21. ALSO REPLACED FLOW CONTROL VALVE PER AMM 21-51-51 AND BYPASS VALVE PER AMM 21-51-53.

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