Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
June 11, 2019
Submitted
June 17, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1403
Aircraft time
60,490 hours, 22,762 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
787A000011
Part serial
0787A00L1036278
Condition
Leaking
Location
Flap Pcu
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F
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: PILOT REPORTS AFTER #2 ENG START (W/IN 60 SECONDS) "F/CTL-FALP SYSTEM 1 FAULT" ILLUMINATED. WHILE ON TELCOM WITH US MOC, ECAM MSG EXTINGUISHED ON ITS OWN. AFTER FLAP RETRACTION (+ 1 MIN) "F/CTL-FLAP SYS 2" (REPEAT 2) ILLUMINATED ON ECAM WITH FLAP POSITION INDICATOR TURNED AMBER. ECAM THEN DISPLAYED "FLAP FAULT" W/OUT ANY NUMBER DISPLAYED. LATER SYSTEM 1 FAULT RETURNED. ACCOMPLISHED ECAM PROCEDURE, (GPWS FLAP MODE PRESSED) BUT WITHIN 2 MINUTES ALL ECAM WARNINGS EXTINGUISHED. DE-SELECTED GPWS FLAP MODE (BACK TO NORMAL POSITION). PLEASE NOTE EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF FLAP FAULTS. AT T.O. +28 MINS, ECAM MSG "F/CTLFLAP SYS 1 FAULT" RETURNED. AT T.O. +33 MINS AND THEN RETURNED. FLAP OPERATED NOMINALLY ON ARRIVAL - NO ECAM MESSAGE. FLAPS 3 LANDING. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP 2 PCU VALVE BLOCK IAW 27-54-53 OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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