Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
July 10, 2019
Submitted
July 12, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N822AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1410
Aircraft time
59,971 hours, 26,587 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Faulted
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS DURING CLIMB OUT WE HAD AN AUTO FLT RUD TRV LIM SYS ECAM, THE FIRST STEP OF THE ECAM ACTION WAS FAC1 ON/OFF WHICH CAUSED THE RUDDER TO JUMP SOME, THEN CLEARED THAT ECAM BEFORE COMPLETEING FURTHER STEPS. WHEN THE INFLIGHT RUD TRV LIM SYS ECAM CLEARED THEN WE GOT AN AUTO FLT RUD TRV LIM2 ECAM, AND HAD IT FOR DURATION OF FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE FOUND RUDDER TRAVEL LIMITER ACTUATOR FAULTED. (4CC). ACCOMPLISHED IAW TSM 22-61-00, ALL REQUIRED TESTS PASSED, NO FAULTS NOTED ON GROUND SCANN TEST.

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