Service difficulty report · Thermostat · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 23, 2022
Submitted
August 26, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
01948
Aircraft time
74,824 hours, 26,958 cycles
Part
Thermostat
Part number
342B050000
Part serial
06017
Condition
Failed
Location
7170hm1
Part time
59,731 hours, 21,613 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT#8097, JFK-DEN. (AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK TO JFK) 'SHORTLY AFTER T/O, WE RECEIVED A AIR ENG 1 BLEED FAULT. LEVELS AT 8,000 RAN QRC ECAM & QRH PROCEDURES. NEEDED TO AVOID ICING CONDITIONS. WHICH WE WERE UNABLE TO THUS FORCING US TO RETURN TO JFK. PROCEDURES DID NOT RESET BLEED FAULT; REF TSM 36-11-00-810-803-A, FOUND ENG 1 FAN AIR VALVE CTL THERMOSTAT FILTER CLOGGED AND O-RING MISSING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THERMOSTAT AND O-RING IAW AMM 36-11-43. RAN ENG 1 AT IDLE IAW 71-00-00 AND OPS TEST OF THE BLEED 1 SYS IAW 36-00-00, ALL OPS CHECKS WERE NORMAL.

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