Air France A320 F-GKXC, in Winnipeg for a 4C check

We had an Air France A320 in Winnipeg for a 4C check for a few weeks. The 4C is a fairly heavy check, and this one had the added tasks of a triple landing gear change, and an engine change.



It all went quite well. I was in the right seat for the engine run up, the first time I've done a run on a new engine - new from the shop, that is, not really new. I don't know how many hours the other engine had, but the temps and RPM on the new engine were almost identical to the other engine.



Once the check was essentially complete, the airplane was pushed outside, so that we could bring in an Air Canada A320 for our regular Phase Check. The few remaining snags were completed in fantastic autumn weather, and the airplane headed back to the Caribbean, where it's normally based.






This is the engine we changed, a CFM56-5B4/P. The way things worked out, I wasn't involved in removing the old one, or installing the new one, but did all the accessories (with my crew of two other guys, not just me), and did all the inspections.