Service difficulty report · Feel Unit · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
June 3, 2019
Submitted
June 19, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163US
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1417
Aircraft time
60,617 hours, 22,943 cycles
Part
Feel Unit
Part number
D27270400012
Part serial
TH1667
Condition
Faulted
Location
Rudder System
Part time
60,626 hours, 22,946 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: STRONG VIBRATION IN RUDDER PEDALS 2000' AGL BEFORE GEAR EXTENSION TO 500' AGL GEAR DOWN VIBRATION CONTINUED 20 SECONDS AFTER AUTOPILOT OFF. PEDALS LEFT AND RIGHT BOTH SIDES CAPT & FO MOVING 3/8" DISPLACEMENT. PUSHING ON BOTH PEDALS WOULD NOT STOP PEDALS FROM JUMPING AROUND, WENT AWAY AT 500' AGL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ARTIFICIAL FEEL AND TRIM UNIT IAW AMM 27-23-41-4 00-001-A AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE ARTIFICAL FEEL AND TRIM UNIT IAW AMM 27-23-00-710-001-A AND 27-23-00-710-001-A-01 AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE RUDDER TRIM ACTUATION IAW AMM 27-22-00-710-002-A AND TESTS ARE OK.

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