ACFT EQUIP PROB. DUAL BLEED FAULT. ACFT STARTED TO DEPRESSURIZE; BUT FLC REGAINED #1 BLEED SO THE CABIN REMAINED PRESSURIZED. BECAUSE OF TIME TO BURN FUEL TO LNDG WT; RPTR'S COMPANY RECOMMENDED DIVERSION TO BETTER EQUIPPED MAINT BASE. FLC ELECTED TO STAY LOW AND NOT RICK ANOTHER FAILURE.
Synopsis
ACFT EQUIP PROB. DUAL BLEED FAULT. ACFT STARTED TO DEPRESSURIZE; BUT FLC REGAINED #1 BLEED SO THE CABIN REMAINED PRESSURIZED. BECAUSE OF TIME TO BURN FUEL TO LNDG WT; RPTR'S COMPANY RECOMMENDED DIVERSION TO BETTER EQUIPPED MAINT BASE. FLC ELECTED TO STAY LOW AND NOT RICK ANOTHER FAILURE.
Narrative
ACFT HAD OPEN #2 BLEED FAULT UPON ACCEPTANCE MEM. TECHNICIAN CHANGED BMC AND SIGNED LOG. CLBING THROUGH 15000 FT; BOTH ENG BLEEDS FAULTED. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND COMPLETED ECAM STEPS TO STABILIZE ACFT. #1 BLEED BECAME FUNCTIONAL BEFORE CABIN ALT BECAME A PROB. WE ELECTED TO STAY AT LOW ALT AND LAND; BUT GROSS WT AT THE TIME WAS APPROX 157000 LBS AND WE NEEDED TO REDUCE WT APPROX 15000 LBS TO AVOID OVERWT LNDG. MSP DISPATCH WAS ADVISED; AND RECOMMENDED A DIVERSION TO MSP FOR ENHANCED PARTS AND PAX ACCOMMODATIONS; AND OVER 2 HRS OF FLT WAS REQUIRED PRIOR TO LNDG. FLT WAS CONDUCTED AT LOW ALT TO MSP AND A DIFFERENT ACFT CONTINUED THE FLT TO SEA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR WAS CONTACTED ABOUT ANOTHER ACN #336359; AND AT THAT TIME RPTR RELAYED THE INCIDENT OF THIS RPT. ACFT VERIFIED AS A320. BECAUSE THE ACFT HAD A PREVIOUS BLEED FAULT AND THE BLEED MONITORING COMPUTER HAD BEEN CHANGED TO FIX THE PROB; THE RPTR WAS WARY WHEN THEY HAD A DUAL BLEED FAULT. THOUGH; BY FOLLOWING ECAM PROCS THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE #1 BLEED FUNCTIONAL; RATHER THAN RISK CLBING AGAIN TO HIGHER ALTS; RPTR ELECTED TO STAY LOW TO BURN OFF FUEL AND TO RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH HIS COMPANY; AND SINCE IT WOULD TAKE APPROX 2 HRS TO BURN THE FUEL TO LNDG WT; THEY DECIDED TO DIVERT TO A BETTER SUPPLIED AND MANNED MAINT BASE. THEY FLEW AT 10000 FT ENRTE AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.
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