Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
April 27, 2008
Submitted
April 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N637AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
99
Aircraft time
58,804 hours, 26,054 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
AC69924
Part serial
LJ029
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
51,875 hours, 23,000 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

FLT NR 455 PHX-SLC - ATB - ON CLIMB-OUT AT ABOUT 7500 FT, CREW REPORTED TWO AUDIBLE LOUD BOOMS FROM THE NR 1 ENGINE. NO ECAM WARNINGS CAME UP. REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, ALL PARAMETERS REMAINED NORMAL INCLUDING OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHX. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LOWER RIGHT 7TH STAGE (7B) BLEED VALVE, NR 1 ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL (EEC), AND SWAPPED N1 PROBE LEADS FROM TERMINALS 1 AND 2 TO TERMINALS 3 AND 4. ENGINE RUN OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

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