SDR 2001F00434

Service difficulty report · Damper · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
September 29, 2001
Submitted
October 16, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68142
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
142
Part
Damper
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autopilot Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MIA - FLT 841 - DURING TAKEOFF, PITCH TRIM 1 AND 2 DISENGAGED AND COULDN'T BE REENGAGED, YAW DAMPER NR 2 WAS INOPERATIVE AND APU AUTO SHUTDOWN AT FL220 COULDN'T BE RESTART. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MIA STATION FOR MAINTENANCE. AFTER LANDING AT MIA STATION, TECHNICIANS PERFORMED RESET OF THE PITCH TRIM COMPENSATION COMPUTER AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE SYSTEM, WITH NORMAL RESULTS AS PER AMM 27-41-00. THE YAW DAMPER SYSTEM WAS ENTER AS DEFERRED DEFECT ITEM AS PER MEL 22-21-01 AND THE APU WAS RE-STARTED AND FAILURE WAS NOT DUPLICATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. (M)

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