N521VA
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
19 reports on file, 2008-02-20 – 2021-08-30.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (LT WING TE FLAP) · airframe 42,326 hrs · 16,528 cycles
REF WATCH ITEM 1278948. 8 BURN MARKS ON UNDERSIDE OF LT INBD FLAP BETWEEN RIBS 5 & 6 FROM TRAILING EDGE TO FWD EDGE GROUNDED - YES. REPAIRED DAMAGE AREAS ON LEFT WING INBOARD FLAP FROM FWD EDGE TO TRAILING EDGE LOWER SKIN IAW A319 SRM 57-52-00-300-007 AND ALASKA EA#CMPT-57EA-01087. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.PERMANENT REPAIR.CONTACTED SEAMC,CLEARED DEFECT #1232053T.
Earlier reports · 2008–2018 · 18 reports
2018
Part: FLOOR SUPPORT — CORRODED (FRAMES 66-68) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 37,587 hrs · 13,923 cycles
CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN FLOOR LEVEL LONGITUDINAL BEAM FR66 - FR68, Y1270 GROUNDED - YES. REPLACED MAIN CABIN FLOOR LEVEL LONGITUDINAL BEAM IAW AIRBUS SRM 51-42-11 AND DWG D53472836020
Part: FLOOR SUPPORT — CORRODED (FRAME 68) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 37,587 hrs · 13,923 cycles
CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN LONGITUDINAL FLOOR BEAM FR 68, Y1162.5 GROUNDED - YES. REPLACED MAIN CABIN LONGITUDINAL FLOOR BEAM IAW AIRBUS SRM 51-42-11 AND DWGS D5347280000 AND D53474180004
Part: BEAM — CORRODED (FRAME 70) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 37,587 hrs · 13,923 cycles
CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN FLOOR LEVEL LONGITUDINAL BEAM AT FR70 - Y765 GROUNDED - YES. REPLACED LONGITUDINAL BEAM IAW AIRBUS SRM 51-42-11
Part: WEB — CORRODED (DOOR FRAME) · corrosion level 2 · airframe 34,457 hrs · 12,829 cycles
RIGHT DOOR CUTOUT, AFT LOWER CORNER AT FLOOR LEVEL, GIRT BAR FITTING ATTACH POINT HAS CORROSION AROUND FASTENER HOLES. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-11-14-283-005.
Part: SHEAR WEB — CRACKED (FRAME 69) · airframe 37,587 hrs · 13,923 cycles
CRACK ON MAIN CABIN UNDER FLOOR SUPPORT SHEAR PLATE P23 WEB AT FR 69 + 5.0 Y1220 GROUNDED - YES. REPLACED SHEAR PLATE P23 WEB IAW AIRBUS DWG 18D53471124
Part: A/C PACK — CONTAMINATED (NR 2) · airframe 36,912 hrs · 13,732 cycles
CREW REPORTED AN ODOR AND SIGHT OF SMOKE IN CABIN. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED TSM 21-00-00-810-801-A, TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, TSM 49-00-81-810-874-A, AND AMM 21-00-00-615-002-A. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE NR 2 PACK. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. INSPECTION REVEALED APU OIL OVER SERVICED. CORRECTED OIL QTY. VERIFIED APU NOT SOURCE OF DISCREPANCY. AFTER EXTENSIVE PACKS OPERATION, NOTICED ODOR WAS PROMINENT ON AFT PORTION OF CABIN NR 2 PACK. OPERATED PACKS INDEPENDENTLY, NR 2 PACK PRODUCED AN ODOR. UNPLUGGED TEST PORT AT EACH PACK CONDENSER AND RAN PACKS. ODOR VERIFIED OFF THE NR 2 PACK. THE CONTAMINATED AIR GOING TO THE CABIN GOES THROUGH CONDENSER FIRST.
Part: INTAKE DUCT — CONTAMINATED (APU DOOR) · airframe 36,692 hrs · 13,659 cycles
ALL THREE FLIGHT ATTENDENTS REPORTED AN ODD ODOR DURING PUSHBACK. DIRTY SOCK OR OIL ODOR. ACFT GROUNDED. TROUBLESHOT IAW TSM 49-00-81-810-874-A. FOUND EXCESSIVE GREASE CAKED WITHIN INTAKE SCOOP ON THE RT APU DOOR INTAKE DUCT. NO OTHER OIL PRESENT. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE RUNS IAW AMM 71-00-00, AND PERFORMED DECONTAMINATION OF ECS IAW AMM 21-00-00-615-001-A. NO ODOR DETECTED. SYS OK FOR SERVICE.
Part: APU — ODOR (APU BAY) · airframe 33,748 hrs · 12,536 cycles
OIL ODOR IN ALL OF THE CABIN. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND EVIDENCE OF DE-ICING FLUID INGESTION INTO AVIONIC VENT FILTER AND FAN BLOWER E/E VENT, COMPLIED WITH TSM 05-50-00-810-831-A, REPLACED THE AVIONICS VENT FILTER IAW AMM 21-21-41, REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONING RECIRCULATION FILTER IAW AMM 21-26-43. OK FOR SERVICE. REPEATED NEXT DAY. AFTER RUNING BOTH ENGINES AT IDLE POWER, HAD AN ODOR IN FWD AND MIDDLE CABIN. IAW TSM 49-00-81-810-8701-A, REPLACED THE APU IAW AMM 49-11-11. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD.
2017
Part: APU — ODOR
STRANGE CHEMICAL ODOR AND FUMES IN CABIN AND FLT DECK WHEN PACKS SELECTED ON. THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR WAS ISOLATED TO THE APU PNEUMATIC SYSTEM, AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: BRAKE SYS — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG)
WITH PARKING BRAKE APPLIED ACC PSI NORMAL, BRAKE TRIPLE INDICATOR READS ZERO. PARKING BRAKE NOT FUNCTIONAL. ACFT ROLLED BACK A FEW FEET BUT WAS SAFELY STOPPED. PERFORMED TEST OF BRAKE SYS IAW AMM 32-24-50-07-10-00-1A. OPS CHECKED AND TESTED GOOD, COULD NOT REPRODUCE. NO FAULTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.
2016
Part: APU — CONTAMINATED (APU BAY)
REPORTED A STRONG NON BURNING, DIRTY SOCK ODOR, IN THE CABIN. THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND TSM 05-50-00-81-08-31A AND 49-00-81-81-08-47 WERE ACCOMPLISHED. RESIDUAL OIL WAS FOUND IN THE APU COMPARTMENT, NO ACTIVE LEAKS NOTED. THE APU COMPARTMENT AND APU INLET DUCT WERE CLEANED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER ISSUES REPORTED ON SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.
2015
Part: STRUT — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG) · airframe 30,062 hrs · 11,067 cycles
LANDING GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER FAULT. ACFT WAS FLOWN AS MAINTENCE FERRY UNDER SPCECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT 52110302015. FOUND PROXIMITY SENSOR 24GA OUT OF LIMITS IAW AMM 32-31-73-200-002-A. REPLACED 24GA AND 25GA PROXIMITY SENSORS AS PRECAUTIONARY IAW AMM 32-31-73-400-005-A, SHIMMED 24GA AND 25GA PROXIMITY SENSORS IAW AMM 32-31-73-200-002-A. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO FURTHER DEFECT NOTED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND WAS UNABLE TO RAISE THE GEAR. CREW RETURNED TO THE FIELD WITH THE FOLLOWING DEFECT: LANDING GEAR NOT UPLOCKED. T/S IAW TSM 32-31-00-810-868-A AND TSM 32-31-00-810-837-A. BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF ANTI-ROTATION LUBS CHECK GOOD. NLG PROXIMITY SENSOR CLEARANCES CHECK GOOD. FOUND SENSOR 24GA AND 25GA PLATE FOUND LOOSE. SECURED IAW AMM 32-21-11. FUNCTIONAL TEST OF NLG CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OPERATED AN ACCEPTANCE FLIGHT AFTERWARDS ON 11/01/15 AND WAS SUCCESSFUL.
2012
Part: FLOOR SUPPORT — CORRODED (AFT CABIN)
FLOOR SUPPORT FWD END, BETWEEN FRAME 68 AND 69 8 INCHES INBD OF R2 DOOR. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND BE OUT LIMITS IAW A-19, SRM 51-22-00. REMOVED FLOOR SUPPORT IAW SRM 51-42-11.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
FLOORBEAM INBD OF R2 DOOR AT FRAME 67-68 HAS CORROSION ON TOP AND BOTTOM. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IN REF-SRM 51-22-00. R & R FLOORBEAM SUPPORT IN REF SRM 51-42-11.
2011
Part: FLOOR SUPPORT — CORRODED (FUSELAGE)
FUSELAGE DETAIL INSP OF CABIN FLOOR STRUCTURE BELOW AFT GALLEY WAS ACCOMPLISHED. DURING THE INSPECTION CORROSION WAS FOUND ON 1 LONGERON BEAM AT Y1292 WHICH EXCEEDED SRM 63-00-14 ALLOWABLE LIMITS. LONGERON BEAM PN D53472172205 WAS REPLACED.
2010
Part: TUBE — WORN (HYD SYSTEM)
HAD AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT UNTIL AT 0327Z, AIRMAN INDICATED 2 ECAM WARNINGS - HYD Y ENG2 PUMP LO PR AND HYD RSVR LO LVL AT APPROX FL180. AIRMAN THEN INDICATED AN ADDITIONAL ECAM WARNING AT 0328Z OF HYD Y SYS LO PR. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, FOLLOWED APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES AND ACCOMPLISHED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT 0352Z. A TOW TEAM AND LINE MX MET THE ACFT, PREPARED FOR AND ACCOMPLISHED A TOW BACK TO GATE. UPON INSP, FOUND RT ENG HYD LINE CONNECTED TO PRESSURE SWITCH 1074GK WITH A PIN HOLE UNDERNEATH A CLAMP. THE DAMAGED LINE, PN 112441-507, AND CLAMPS WERE REPLACED IAW AMM 29-11-17. DURING THE LEAK CHECK OF THE YELLOW SYS, THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT, PN 4101002-11 WAS FOUND LEAKING. THIS UNIT WAS ALSO REPLACED IAW AM 29-23-41. ALL LEAK CHECKS SATISFACTORY. THE INSP REVEALED NO FURTHER DEFECTS.
2009
Part: ELECTRICAL SYS — SURGES · airframe 7,835 hrs · 3,355 cycles
CREW REPORTED A POWER SURGE GOING THROUGH 3000 FEET TO MX CONTROL VIA ACARS MESSAGE. POWER SURGE AT 3000 FT ALL COCKPIT SCREENS INTERMITTNET, NOW EVERYTHING RUNNING OK. ELECTRICAL INTERUPTION - IT WAS SO FAST IT`S HARD TO TELL IF A BUSS WAS TRYING TO COME OFF LINE. NO FURTHER FAULTS OF THIS SYS HAVE APPEARED TO DATE. CREW RESPONDED WITH EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD-NORMAL. (K)
2008
Part: DUCT — CONTAMINATED (CABIN)
SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. VERBAL TURNOVER FROM CREW. SMOKE APPEARED AFTER LANDING AND EXITING RUNWAY. RAN APU, OPERATED PACKS, FOG APPEARED BRIEFLY, FOG CLEARED, NO SMOKE, RAN NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES AT IDLE FOR 5 MINUTES. PER 71-00-00-710-006, CLEARED PNEUMATIC DUCTS OF MOISTURE, BELIEVE CONDITION OCCURS DUE TO SNOW REMOVAL, ENGINES PICKING UP MOISTURE, AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.