Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
November 4, 2018
Submitted
March 11, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N275AY
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
370
Aircraft time
80,136 hours, 11,333 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Rudder Input
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 7000 FT HAD AN UNCOMMANDED 6.0 DEGREE LEFT RUDDER INPUT. DISCONNECTED THE NR 2 AUTOPILOT AND MANUALLY RESET THE RUDDER TRIM TO ZERO. USED THE NR 1 AUTOPILOT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. NO FAULTS FOUND DURING AFS TEST AND EFCS TEST. NO 30 DAY HISTORY. PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY LAND CAT 3 CAPABILITY TEST IAW JC 33T21022001. LMP STATUS REMAINS CAT 3 DUAL. OK TO CONTINUE. NO SPECIFIC PART WAS IDENTIFIED AS CAUSING THE DIFFICULTY BY MAINTENANCE DURING THE AFS AND EFCS TESTS.

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