Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
May 18, 2019
Submitted
May 21, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N194UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
3629
Aircraft time
36,446 hours, 14,122 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
780B000001
Part serial
2444
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flap
Part time
39,859 hours, 22,484 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY ON ACCOUNT OF FLAPS ISSUE. ON FLAP RETRACT, ALL FMA STATIONS INFORMATION BLANK, ALL AIRSPEED MARKERS REMOVED FROM SPEED TAPE. APPROACH & MIN FLAP SPEEDS. RECEIVED ECAM F/CTL (SYS 1) FLAP FAULT, AND AUTOTHROTTLES DISCONNECTED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE COMMAND SENSOR UNIT IAW AMM 27-51-17 DUE TO PFR SHOWING FAILURE BY BOTH SFCC'S. PERFORMED SUCCESSFUL CAT CERTIFICATION TEST. AIRCRAFT REMAINS CAT III DUAL STATUS. NO FAULTS FOUND WITH AUTO THROTTLE SYSTEM. AUTO THROTTLES AUTO DISCONNECTED DUE TO DUAL SYSTEM FAILURE OF FLAP/SLAT. SPEED BUGS MISSING DUE TO DUAL SYSTEM FAILURE OF FLAP/SLATS. FLAP/SLAT POSITION INDICATION MISSING DUE TO DUAL SYSTEM FAILURE.

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