Service difficulty report · Relay · 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
Relay
Part number
E024528A0
Condition
Defective
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
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: AIRCRAFT HAD UNCOMMANDED RUDDER TRIM INPUT. HEADING CHANGE OF AROUND 2, TRIM CHANGE FROM NORMAL OF L 0.3 TO L 1.4 UNITS. HAPPENED WITH BOTH AUTOPILOTS YAW INPUT FELT WORSE ON AUTOPITOT 2 CONTINUED TO NEXT. IN BETWEEN UNCOMMANDED RUDDER TRIM, ALSO HAD STATUS MESSAGE CAT3 SINGLE ONLY INOPERATIVE. SYSTEM CAT 3 DUAL. NO OTHER INDICATIONS. WE CHANGED AUTO PILOTS. IT WENT AWAY THEN SECOND UNCOMMANDED RUDDEER TRIM NIPUT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RUDER TRIM 1 RELAY 7CC1 PER ESPM 20-46-50. (AALA202301064403) IN ADDITION, ENGINEERING DETERMINED THAT THE RUDDER TRIM ACTUATOR CURRENTLY INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON 11/17/22 FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND WAS SENT OUT FOR REPAIR PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED ON THIS AIRCRAFT AND ENGINEEERING RECOMMENDED IT BE REPLACED. THE RUDDER ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED PER AMM 27-22-51 (AALA202301062548). A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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