Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 28, 2007
Submitted
January 3, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N472UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1435
Aircraft time
22,563 hours, 9,371 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Sensor
Part number
D2787002000061
Condition
Faulty
Location
T/E Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPPER ECAM F-CTL SLATS LOCKED WING TIP BRK ON DURING 4 MILE FINAL. FPPU FAULTY (FEEDBACK POSITION PICK-OFF UNIT). RANG ALL ASSOCIATED WIRING FROM SFCC1 & SFCC2 TO FPPU 28CV. SWAPPED CONNECTORS ON FPPU 28CV AND IPPU 4CN, WAS ABLE TO RESET WTB AND RUN FLAPS-SLATS, HOWEVER FLAP INDICATION SHOWED IN POSITION AT ANY SETTING AND FLAPS CONTINUED TO RUN INDICATING FPPU WAS FAULTY. REPLACED FPPU 28CV, ALL OPS NORMAL AFTER, PERFORMED CAT 3 TEST.

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