Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
February 19, 2001
Submitted
February 21, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N645AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
238
Aircraft time
28,440 hours, 13,019 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
830A000002
Part serial
3966
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Lt & Rt Wing
Part time
28,440 hours, 13,019 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

PHX - EMERGENCY LANDING - 2/12/01 - ON APPROACH, THE CREW GOT AN ECAM WARNING, F/CTL SLATS FAULT AND THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY; AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE IN PHX. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND 1 LT AND 2 RT LEADING EDGE SLAT ROTARY ACTUATORS WITH WATER CONTAMINATION IN THEM. ALSO FOUND THE LEFT APPU/FPPU DATA READING OUT OF LIMITS AT 0 DEGREE FLAPS. REPLACED THE 3 CONTAMINATED LEADING EDGE SLAT ROTARY ACTUATORS AND REMOVED THE LT AND RT APPU''S AND ADJUSTED IAW AMM TASK 27-81-18-991-001. ALL FUNCTIONAL CHECKS GOOD WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS REPORTED. SLAT ROTARY ACT - LIEBHERR, (P/N 830A0000-02), (S/N 4062/4386), LOC 6083/6091 CM, CONTAMINATED, TT 28440, TC 13019.

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