Service difficulty report · Servo Valve · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 16, 2012
Submitted
April 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N664AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1621
Aircraft time
37,742 hours, 13,998 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
42,034 hours, 16,536 cycles
Part
Servo Valve
Part number
13505078
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AFTER ENGINE START, PILOT REPORTED NR 2 ENGINE FAILED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE LOW/HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL METERING UNIT IAW MM 73-12-41 AND 73-22-52. FUEL METERING UNIT WAS A CONFIRMED FAILURE - SINGLE SERVO VALVE ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING PER VENDOR.

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