Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
February 27, 2007
Submitted
March 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N834UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
1420
Aircraft time
21,454 hours, 8,378 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Actuator
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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What was found

RTFL UNDER AMBER ALERT DUE TO LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL. POST FLIGHT REPORT SHOWS THS ACTUATOR POSITION ERROR 9CE REPORTED BY SEC1 ELAC 2. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE TRIMMABLE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (THS) ACTUATOR LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO INPUTS. WHILE FAULT TRACING PER TSM, FOUND THAT DISCONNECTING CERTAIN CONNECTORS ON THE THS ACTUATOR WOULD FREE UP THE MOTOR, SO SUSPECT THAT THS ACTUATOR ELECTRONICS ARE FAULTY. REPLACED THS ACTUATOR AND ALSO REPLACED ELAC 2 AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.

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