Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
September 23, 2018
Submitted
September 25, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1049
Aircraft time
62,638 hours, 27,570 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
E21327107
Part serial
8682
Condition
Faulty
Location
Brakes
Part time
14,060 hours, 7,786 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL, AFTER POWER WAS SET TO FLEX, LEFT BRAKES APPEARED TO LOCK UP CAUSING THE ACFT TO LOOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. REJECTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. ACFT PULLED TO LEFT. BRAKES WERE NORMAL ON TAXI BACK TO GATE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED 32-51-00-810-831-A, AMM 32-46-00-740-001, 32-42-34-400-001-A, AND 32-42-34-000-001-A. REPLACED BRAKING AND STEERING UNIT. CHECKED NORMAL.

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