Service difficulty report · Condenser · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 20, 2017
Submitted
August 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N659JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
3190
Aircraft time
41,350 hours, 14,605 cycles
Part
Condenser
Part number
756A000006
Part serial
0756A00ES006258
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit Temp
Part time
40,483 hours, 14,228 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURN TO FIELD DUE TO THE COCKPIT TEMP WAS UNCONTROLLABLE, OUTPUT REACHED 118 DEGREES AND COCKPIT TEMP REACHED 94 DEGREES. TURNED OFF THE NR 2 PACK, THE TEMPS CONTINUED TO CLIMB. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND LOW REGULATING PRESSURE IN THE NR 1 PACK, R & R THE FLOW CONTROL VALVE. FOUND A MISSING ACM LINE BLANKING PLUG, REPLACED THE PLUG. FOUND A CRACKED CONDENSOR, R & R THE CONDENSOR. PERFORMED A LEAK CHECK, NO LEAKS NOTED. PERFORMED CFDS ZONE TEMP CONTROL TEST AND FUNCTIONAL TEST OF COCKPIT TEMPERATURE AND NO FAULTS FOUND.

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