Service difficulty report · Servo · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
December 6, 2000
Submitted
December 11, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N646AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
271
Part
Servo
Part number
31073068
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Aileron
Part time
27,085 hours, 27,085 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PHX - AIR TURNBACK - ON CLIMB OUT AND CRUISE AIRCRAFT HAD LEFT WING DOWN 5 TO 7 DEGREES AND RUDDER TRIM 2.8 DEGREES RT. MOST NOTICABLE AT 250 KTS. AND ABOVE; AT 210 KTS. CONDITION LESS NOTICABLE AND AT 170 KTS. FLAP 2 RUDDER TRIM WAS NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT WAS STRAIGHT AND NORMAL. EXTENSIVE TROUBLE SHOOTING AND RIG CHECKS WERE PERFORMED; THE LEFT BLUE SYSTEM AILERON SERVO CONTROL WAS REPLACED AND A FLIGHT TEST PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY

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