What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: VS IN OPEN DECENT AUTO PILOT DISCONNECTED AND AIRCRAFT PITCHED LEFT ON DECENT NUMEROUS TIMES. REPLACED ELEVATOR AILERON COMPUTER # 1 (ELAC) AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK PER AMM 27-93-34.
- Difficulty date
- January 21, 2022
- Submitted
- January 24, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N737US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1245
- Aircraft time
- 56,651 hours, 34,519 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2700 · Flight Control System
- Part
- Computer
- Part number
- 3945128218
- Part serial
- ELACVB010987
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Nr 1 Elac
- Part time
- 45,049 hours, 23,248 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.