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Service difficulty report · Fan · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date: June 29, 2015
Submitted: June 30, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N552JB
Make and model: Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial: 1861
Aircraft time: 50,655 hours, 18,132 cycles
System (JASC): 2121 · Air Distribution Fan
Part: Fan
Part number: EVT3454HC
Part serial: 4655
Condition: Seized
Location: E/E Exhaust
Part time: 51,249 hours, 18,661 cycles
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

DIVERTED, IN CRUISE HAD FAINT ODOR OF HOT-BURNING PLASTIC WITH LOUD BINDING NOISE IN COCKPIT. NO FUMES DETECTED IN FWD GALLEY. WHEN NOISE BECAME LOUDER FUMES GOT WORSE. FOUND EXTRACT FAN AT FAULT, R & R AVOINIC EXTRACT FAN IAW MM 21-26-51, AEVC TEST PASSED, NO FAULTS.

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