Service difficulty report · Air Data Module · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
August 21, 2019
Submitted
August 23, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1417
Aircraft time
25,860 hours, 4,122 cycles
Part
Air Data Module
Part number
46502003030316
Part serial
2469
Condition
Unreliable
Location
Nr 1
Part time
54,213 hours, 28,387 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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: FLIGHT AIR RETURNED TO CLT ON ACCOUNT OF NAVIGATION DISAGREE. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. SATCOM 1 & 2 WOULD RECEIVE BUT NOT TRANSMIT. ALL 3 ACP'S WERE ATT EMPTED. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THEN FAILED AGAIN. DURING DEPARTURE AND CLIMBOUT FD 1 & FD 2 SHOWED DIFFERENT COMMANDS NAV ACCURACY CHECKED PERFORMED WHICH SHOWED FD2 TO BE ACCURATE. DURING TAXI OUT AND CLIMB NAV FM/GPS POSITION DISAGREE ECAM MESSAGE APPEARED MULTIPLE TIME. NAV ACCURACY DEGRADED TO LOW THEN RESET BACK TO HIGH. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST AND BITE TEST FOR SATCOM 1 & 2 AND FOR TRANSMIT & RECEIVE IAW AMM 23-28-00. OPS CHECK GOOD. RESET FMGEC 1 & 2 IAW TSM 24-0-00. OPS CHECK GOOD FOR FMGEC 1 & 2. BITE TEST GOOD FOR FMGEC 1 & 2, AND FD 1 & 2. PERFORMED SATISFACTORY LAND CAT III CAPABILITY TEST IAW AMM 22-97-00. REMOVED AND INSTALLED #1 ADIRU IAW AMM 34-12-34-0401., TEST OK. ACCOMPLISHED TSM 34-36-00-810-897A/22-13-00-810-801A, PERFORMED AFS/LAND TEST OK IAW AMM 22-96-00-0501/22-97-00-0501.

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