Service difficulty report · Servo Control · Airbus A318111

Difficulty date
February 18, 2015
Submitted
March 11, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594EL
Make and model
Airbus A318111
Aircraft serial
2377
Aircraft time
2,845,081 hours, 20,413 cycles
Part
Servo Control
Condition
Faulty
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB AT FLIGHT LEVEL 320 STRONG HARMONICS VIBRATION WAS FELT ON THE ENTIRE ACFT. IAW AMM 27-34-00-200-001A & 27-24-00-200-002A, ELEVATOR & RUDDER, THE TOO MUCH PLAY CHECK OF THE BEARING & HINGES WERE PERFORMED. REQUIRE REPLACE ELEVATOR SERVO CONTROL GREEN SYS LT ELEVATOR. IAW AMM 27-34-51-000-001A THE GREEN ELEVATOR SERVO CONTROL 34CE1 WAS REMOVED, IAW AMM 27-34-51-400-001A WAS INSTALLED & IAW AMM 27-34-00-820-002A ADJUSTMENT OF THE ELEVATOR & HYD ACTUATION. AFTER REMOVAL & INSTALLATION OF ONE SERVO CONTROL, PERFORMED TEST SATISFACTORY, PN 31075-440, SN OFF 4941 & SN ON 14459.

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