Service difficulty report · Control Servo · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
May 13, 2022
Submitted
May 17, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1406
Aircraft time
66,443 hours, 30,380 cycles
Part
Control Servo
Part number
C247360013
Part serial
U478
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 700 - Gears
Part time
82,264 hours, 36,999 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
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 WAS GROUNDED: UPON LANDING GEAR EXTENSION A NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAULT MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED. FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED A GO AROUND AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT DCA AND THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING HAD FAILED BUT WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY AND WERE TOWED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SERVO CONTROL AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK PER AMM 32-51-51.

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