drpep
12th Aug 2010, 23:32
Evening all,
during final prep before start today in HER the skipper and I noticed that the ECAM engine parameters on no 1 engine were still green rather than the usual Amber crosses. On commencing ENG 2 start, after checking we had APU bleed and switching to IGN, to our surprise, ENG 1 started to spool up! Even though both master switches were off! After confirming that both engine masters were off and exchanging a few shocked glances we immediately switched off APU bleed and returned selector to normal. No1 thankfully started to spool down with expected ENG 1 start valve fault. This repeated itself several times. After contacting our company maintrol and reseting an EIU with the problem still presenting itself we decided to start ENG 1 first. No further issues came to light during a very normal return journey.
There is no doubt that our team of engineers will get to the bottom of it to rectify the problem however rather than waiting until I'm back on that particular aircraft I wondered whether any other A320 pilots have had this happen to them and whether any light was shed on it's cause?
Cheers
during final prep before start today in HER the skipper and I noticed that the ECAM engine parameters on no 1 engine were still green rather than the usual Amber crosses. On commencing ENG 2 start, after checking we had APU bleed and switching to IGN, to our surprise, ENG 1 started to spool up! Even though both master switches were off! After confirming that both engine masters were off and exchanging a few shocked glances we immediately switched off APU bleed and returned selector to normal. No1 thankfully started to spool down with expected ENG 1 start valve fault. This repeated itself several times. After contacting our company maintrol and reseting an EIU with the problem still presenting itself we decided to start ENG 1 first. No further issues came to light during a very normal return journey.
There is no doubt that our team of engineers will get to the bottom of it to rectify the problem however rather than waiting until I'm back on that particular aircraft I wondered whether any other A320 pilots have had this happen to them and whether any light was shed on it's cause?
Cheers