Service difficulty report · Motor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 13, 2020
Submitted
February 17, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1302
Aircraft time
75,961 hours, 28,174 cycles
Part
Motor
Condition
Smoke
Location
Captain'S Seat
Part time
17,090 hours, 4,860 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

FT # 421, JFK-NAS. DIVERTED TO PBI, EMERGENCY DECLARED. AT CRUISE EXPERIENCED BURNING SMELL IN CKPT SMELL GRADUALLY WORSENED FOLLOWED BY VISIBLE SMOKE. SMOKE & FUMES WERE ISOLATED TO COCKPIT ONLY. CAPT ELECTRIC SEAT ADJUSTMENT STOPPED WORKING; ACCOMPLISHED TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A ISOLATED ODOR CAUSE TO CAPT SEAT ADJ MOTOR VERIFIED TO CAPT SEAT C/B TRIP R/R CAPT SEAT IAW MM 25-11-51. OPS CH NORM.

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