Service difficulty report · Fcu · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 9, 2007
Submitted
February 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N444UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
824
Aircraft time
30,445 hours, 11,755 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
29,404 hours, 10,788 cycles
Part
Fcu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autopilot System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AUTO FLT -FCU 1 FAULT- DISPLAYED ON UPPER ECAM SCREEN. CREW COMMENTS, WITH SMOKE FROM FCU. [SUP 05-08-07] REPLACED FCU AFTER VERIFYING THAT FCU WAS FAULTY AND WAS SOURCE OF SMOKE. FURTHER FAULT TRACING DETERMINED THAT THE PSU WAS DEFECTIVE.

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