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An airbus 300 #2 idg failed immediately after servicing. Found inlet fitting from fuel-oil cooler leaking and failure not service related.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 606663 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200401 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 606663 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : iog fail warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At approximately XA00 jan/sat/04, I svced #2 engine idg. The aircraft was scheduled for flight abcd. Pilot reported idg fault light on. Idg was replaced and further inspection of engine revealed leak at oil inlet fitting for idg fuel-oil cooler requiring replacement of this component. (I did not perform any work on idg fuel-oil cooler prior to flight abcd.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300 #2 IDG FAILED IMMEDIATELY AFTER SVCING. FOUND INLET FITTING FROM FUEL-OIL COOLER LEAKING AND FAILURE NOT SVC RELATED.
Narrative: AT APPROX XA00 JAN/SAT/04, I SVCED #2 ENG IDG. THE ACFT WAS SCHEDULED FOR FLT ABCD. PLT RPTED IDG FAULT LIGHT ON. IDG WAS REPLACED AND FURTHER INSPECTION OF ENG REVEALED LEAK AT OIL INLET FITTING FOR IDG FUEL-OIL COOLER REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THIS COMPONENT. (I DID NOT PERFORM ANY WORK ON IDG FUEL-OIL COOLER PRIOR TO FLT ABCD.)
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.