Service difficulty report · Amu · Airbus A320*

Difficulty date
August 4, 2023
Submitted
August 7, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559UW
Make and model
Airbus A320*
Aircraft serial
5292
Aircraft time
34,122 hours, 13,865 cycles
Part
Amu
Part number
AMU4031LA140204
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Zone 200 - Fuse
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MEM DUE TO COMMUNCATION SINGLE PTT STUCK. CLIMBING THRU FL220 UNABLE TO TRANSMIT ON VHF1, VHF2, VHF3 -(WOULD WORK SHORTLY INTERMITTENT FAULT DID HEARD THEN WOULD STOP. TRANSMITTING.) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT MEM WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE AUDIO MANAGEMENT UNIT (AMU) PER AMM 23-51-34 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.