Service difficulty report · Spoiler · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
November 8, 2004
Submitted
November 16, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N832UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
1321
Aircraft time
14,417 hours, 5,624 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
System (JASC)
5755 · Spoilers
Part
Spoiler
Condition
Vibration
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 2 SPOILERS APPEAR TO BE FULLY UP INTO THE AIRSTREAM CAUSING AIRFRAME VIBRATION DURING FLIGHT. THE LT AND RT NR 2 SPOILER SERVO CONTROLS WERE PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED. DEFERRAL PROCEDURE USING A SPECIAL MAINTENANCE KEY FOR SPOILER DEACTIVATION WAS FOUND NOT CORRECTLY ACCOMPLISHED. THAT CAUSED THE SPOILER SERVO CONTROLS NOT BEING IN THE OPERATIONAL POSITION, SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSING THE SURFACES FREE-FLOATING IN FLIGHT. RE-ADJUSTING THE MAINTENANCE DEVICE ON THE CONCERNED SPOILER SERVOCONTROLS TO THE OPERATIONAL POSITION FOR CONTINUAL DEFERRAL CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.

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