Service difficulty report · None · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
October 28, 2022
Submitted
October 31, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N117AN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6094
Aircraft time
28,092 hours, 5,840 cycles
Part
None
Part number
3945129100
Part serial
ELACVB027102
Condition
None
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AT APPROXIMATLEY 800' DURING TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT DID AN UNINITIATED ROLL (UNCOMMANDED) TO THE LEFT. FIRST OFFICER (RIGHT SIDE STICK) COMMANDED FULL RIGHT SIDE STICK AT THAT POINT, HOWEVER AIRCRAFT DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO SIDE STICK INPUT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO ROLL RIGHT FOR A MOMENT STICK WAS THAN BROUGHT BACK TO THE LEFT SLIGHTLY AND AIRCRAFT AGAIN ROLLED LEFT. FULL RIGHT STICK WAS AGAIN APPLIED WITH ONLY A SLOW ROLL BACK TO THE RIGHT. AS WINGS WERE LEVELED THE SIDE STICK WAS THEN NEUTRALIZED AND NORMAL CONTROL WAS REGAINED. NO ECAM FAULTS WARNINGS OR OTHER INDICATIONS. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAX WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED TSM 27-10-00-810-842-A NO FAILURE MESSAGE ON PFR. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ELEVATOR AND AILERON COMPUTER (ELAC) 1 AS PRECAUTIONARY AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHHECK OF THE ELECTRONIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM PER TASK CARD 26T21027007 WITH NO FAULT NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED DFDR DOWNLOAD DATA PER TASK CARD 26T00031001, ENGINEERING CONFIRMS THAT FULL RIGHT AND FULL LEFT CONTROL INPUT WAS APPLIED APPROXINATELY 1000 AGL THE DATA DOES NOT SUGGEST THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNINITIATED ROLL UNTIL INPUT WAS APPLIED. ROLL THEN REACHED 11 AND -11 BEFORE RESUMING LEVEL FLIGHT NO OTHER FAULTS OR ANOMALIES NOTED.

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