Service difficulty report · Generator · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 11, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N552JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1861
Aircraft time
29,745 hours, 10,635 cycles
Part
Generator
Condition
Defective
Location
Waste Disposal
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

FLT JB724 WEIRD GRINDING NOISE IN BACK GALLEY WHEN TOILETS FLUSHED WITH A SMOKE ODOR. AFTER LANDING JFK MX INSPECTED AREA AND FOUND VACUUM GENERATOR TO BE AT FAULT. INSPECTED FOR SMOKE PER AMM TSM 24-00-00-810-823, ODOR WAS RELATED TO THE VACUUM GENERATOR. SMOKE WAS NOT PRESENT. PLACED VACUUM GENERATOR ON MEL 38-30-01 CONDITION 3 CATEGORY C MDDR 77359 DUE DATE 3-21-2010. WILL UPDATE SDR WHEN REPLACEMENT OF VACUUM GENERATOR IS COMPLETED AND MEL CLEARED.

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