Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
January 4, 2023
Submitted
January 6, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3993
Aircraft time
45,797 hours, 16,849 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
61375
Part serial
613707541
Condition
Defective
Location
Rudder
Part time
506,756 hours, 503,012 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED, ACFT HAD UNCOMMANDED RUDDER TRIM INPUT. HEADING CHANGE OF 2, TRIM CHANGE FROM NORMAL L 0.3 TO L 1.4 UNITS. WITH BOTH AUTOPILOTS YAW INPUT, WORSE ON AUTOPITOT 2. BETWEEN UNCOMMANDED RUDDER TRIM, HAD STATUS MESSAGE CAT3 SINGLE ONLY INOP. SYS CAT 3 DUAL. NO OTHER INDS. CHANGED AUTOPILOTS. WENT AWAY, SECOND UNCOMMANDED RUDDER TRIM NIPUT. MX REPLACED RUDDER TRIM 1 RELAY 7CC1 IAW ESPM 20-46-50. ENGINEERING FOUND THE RUDDER TRIM ACT CURRENTLY INSTALLED ON ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FOR SAME ISSUE & WAS SENT FOR REPAIR PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED ON THIS AIRCRAFT & ENGINEEERING RECOMMENDED IT BE REPLACED. RUDDER ACTUATOR REPLACED IAW AMM 27-22-51. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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