Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 1, 2004
Submitted
January 2, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N668AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1764
Aircraft time
6,239 hours, 2,378 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
C12850AB02
Part serial
C12850003088
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
10,321 hours, 3,971 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF AT DTW EN ROUTE FOR PHX RECEIVED ECAM MESSAGE AUTO FLIGHT FCU 1 & 2 FAULT. ALTIMETER FLIGHT CONTROL UNIT (FCU) WINDOWS WENT BLACK, AND HAD LOSS OF AUTO THRUST & HEADING SELECT, TURNED BACK TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT EVENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FLIGHT CONTROL UNIT IAW 22-81-12, OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. BENCH TEST OF FLIGHT CONTROL UNIT S/N C12850003088 COULD NOT DUPLICATE REASON FOR REMOVAL. POWER TRANSIENT PERFORMED ON SIDE, THEN SIDE 2 WITH NFF, PREFORMED TEMPERATURE TEST AT 0ºC TO POWER, NFF. RAN ENDURANCE TEST FOR 70 HOURS, NFF. UNIT MODIFIED WITH SB C12850A-22-006.

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