Narrative:

The event occurred because maintenance control was trying to get the aircraft back to ZZZ1 to fix the problem. When the aircraft arrived in ZZZ; I spoke with the inbound captain about the condition of the aircraft. He stated that there was a write-up in the logbook regarding an ECAM warning for a right wing bleed leak message. He also stated that this had happened twice en route. There was a previous write-up for the same thing as an information only. Maintenance was called out to the aircraft and he called maintenance control who advised to open panels on the right wing and run the right engine. After this was done the logbook was signed off as inspected/no faults found. This; to me; was an incorrect signoff considering that the fault had occurred 3 previous times and was very likely to occur on the next flight. I called the chief pilot's office and expressed my concerns; also I did the same with maintenance control. Maintenance control stated that they suspected that it was a faulty sensor and the chief pilot's office said that if maintenance signed off the logbook it was an airworthy aircraft; and since the fault was not present; I was good to go. This fault closes the right bleed valve and advises not to fly into icing conditions and also closes the right pack valve and shuts the xbleed valve restricting the aircraft to FL310. I had told both the chief pilot's office and maintenance control that I was sure it would happen again since no repair had actually been made.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DESPITE CAPTAIN'S REQUEST FOR A MORE THOROUGH MAINT INSPECTION OF A REPEAT WING BLEED WRITE-UP; MAINT AND FLT OPS SAYS ACFT IS GOOD TO FLY TO THE ACR'S MAINT BASE. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF WARNING RETURNS AND ACFT IS DIRECTED TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT AFTER BURNING OFF EXCESS FUEL.

Narrative: THE EVENT OCCURRED BECAUSE MAINT CTL WAS TRYING TO GET THE ACFT BACK TO ZZZ1 TO FIX THE PROB. WHEN THE ACFT ARRIVED IN ZZZ; I SPOKE WITH THE INBOUND CAPT ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE ACFT. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS A WRITE-UP IN THE LOGBOOK REGARDING AN ECAM WARNING FOR A R WING BLEED LEAK MESSAGE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TWICE ENRTE. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS WRITE-UP FOR THE SAME THING AS AN INFO ONLY. MAINT WAS CALLED OUT TO THE ACFT AND HE CALLED MAINT CTL WHO ADVISED TO OPEN PANELS ON THE R WING AND RUN THE R ENG. AFTER THIS WAS DONE THE LOGBOOK WAS SIGNED OFF AS INSPECTED/NO FAULTS FOUND. THIS; TO ME; WAS AN INCORRECT SIGNOFF CONSIDERING THAT THE FAULT HAD OCCURRED 3 PREVIOUS TIMES AND WAS VERY LIKELY TO OCCUR ON THE NEXT FLT. I CALLED THE CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS; ALSO I DID THE SAME WITH MAINT CTL. MAINT CTL STATED THAT THEY SUSPECTED THAT IT WAS A FAULTY SENSOR AND THE CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE SAID THAT IF MAINT SIGNED OFF THE LOGBOOK IT WAS AN AIRWORTHY ACFT; AND SINCE THE FAULT WAS NOT PRESENT; I WAS GOOD TO GO. THIS FAULT CLOSES THE R BLEED VALVE AND ADVISES NOT TO FLY INTO ICING CONDITIONS AND ALSO CLOSES THE R PACK VALVE AND SHUTS THE XBLEED VALVE RESTRICTING THE ACFT TO FL310. I HAD TOLD BOTH THE CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE AND MAINT CTL THAT I WAS SURE IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE NO REPAIR HAD ACTUALLY BEEN MADE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.