What was found
THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. RETURNED TO CLT DUE TO AUTO-PILOT FAULT DURING CLIMB OUT. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLIGHT CONTROL UNIT PER AMM 22-81-12. BITE AND OPERATIONS TEST SATISFACTORY.
- Difficulty date
- November 18, 2018
- Submitted
- December 18, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N552UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 4957
- Aircraft time
- 24,720 hours, 9,054 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2210 · Autopilot System
- Part
- Control Unit
- Part number
- C12850AC03
- Part serial
- C12850010677
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Autopilot Sys
- Part time
- 13,673 hours, 5,247 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.