Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
May 11, 2008
Submitted
May 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1827
Aircraft time
24,090 hours, 8,605 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Leaking
Location
Bleed Air
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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 303, IAD-FLL, AIR ENG 1 BLEED ABNORMAL PRESSURE (SUBSEQUENT PACK 1/PACK 2-FAULT). FOUND AIR LEAK ON PRESSURE REG VALVE CLAMP JOINT. CLAMP WAS REMOVED AND JOINT RE-ALIGNED WITH VALVE. NO FURTHER AIR LEAK NOTED FAN AIR VALVE THERMOSTAT SEAL WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT AIR LEAKAGE AS PER AMM REF 36-11-43. NO FURTHER LEAKS NOTED. POWER ASSURANCE TEST ACCOMPLISHED AT 1.25 EPR. ENG NR 1 & 2 BLEED AND NACELLE TEMP PARAMETERS EXAMINED. NO DEFECTS NOTED. PARAMETERS WITHIN LIMITS. BLEED SYS 1 & 2 CHECKED BY ALTERNATE SYSTEMS. BLEED NR 1 NR 2 SYSTEMS OPERATE AS DESIGNED PER AMM REF 71-00-00-710-013A & REF 36-11-00-710-001.

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