Service difficulty report · Servo Valve · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 23, 2005
Submitted
January 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
702
Aircraft time
29,526 hours, 10,797 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Servo Valve
Condition
Oscillates
Location
Flt Controls
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURNED TO FIELD DUE TO AILERON VIBRATION. RT GREEN AILERON SERVOCONTROL SERVO VALVE WAS FOUND OSCILLATING, THUS CAUSING INFLIGHT AILERON VIBRATION. REPLACEMENT OF THE SERVOVALVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. NO FURTHER ANOMALY WAS REPORTED.

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