Service difficulty report · Structure · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
August 9, 2003
Submitted
August 11, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N415FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
349
Aircraft time
39,791 hours, 16,487 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Vibration
Location
Airframe
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRFRAME VIBRATION STARTED CLIMBING OUT AT FL22.5 2CD A330 KIAS. ENGINE DATA N1-104.1 2C104.23A EGT 832 2C 841 3A VIBES 0.62C+0.2 3A N2 VIBES 2.0 2C0.4. VIBRATION REMAINED THROUGHOUT FLIGHT UNTIL DESCENDING PAST FT.VIBRATION WOULD DECREASE AS POWER WAS REMOVED BUT CAME BACK AS POWER WAS REAPPLIED. ACFT SLOWED FIRST TO .78 MACH 2C THEN TO 275 KIAS NO HELP. ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS APPEARED OK EXCEPT STAB APPEARED TO VIBRATE VERY SLIGHTLY UP AND DOWN CHANGING AUTOPILOTS DID NOT HELP.

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