Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
September 24, 2008
Submitted
September 26, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N654FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
738
Aircraft time
22,060 hours, 11,342 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RUDDER TRIM WOULD NOT OPERATE, NOTICED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, INOP WITH A/P ON AND OFF. DEBRIEFED FLIGHT CREW IN DETAIL. IN CRUISE FLIGHT, WITH AUTO PILOT IN COMMAND THEY NOTICED THEY COULD NOT GET THE RUDDER TRIM TO OPERATE, NO FAULTS ON PANEL OR ECAM, INDICATIONS NORMAL. PERFORMED GROUND SCANS, AUTOPILOT FUNCTION TESTS WITH HYDRO POWER RUNNING RUDDER TRIM FULL SCALE 22DEG /- WITH AUTO RECENTERING. PERFORMED FULL SCALE AIL TRIM WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS NO FAULTS NOTED ON CONTROL PANEL. ALL TESTS AND CHECKS ON GROUND NORMAL A/P SYSTEM NORMAL CHECKS. SUSPECT CREW ERROR IN TRIM OPERATIONS WITH A/P'S IN COMMAND MODE. SYSTEM OK TO RETURN TO SERVICE, NO CHANGE TO CAT STATUS OR RVSM.

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