Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
December 21, 2004
Submitted
December 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N628AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
67
Aircraft time
48,854 hours, 21,906 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
664700500A4D
Part serial
3484
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1
Part time
11,371 hours, 4,524 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON SHORT FINAL AFTER MLG SELECTED DOWN, RECEIVED NLG STEERING FAULT, ABORTED APPROACH & FLEW BY TOWER. CYCLED ANTI-SKID & NLG STEERING SWITCH & FAULT CLEARED, DECLARED EMERGENCY & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MX TROUBLESHOT SYS, BITE CODES INDICATED INTERNAL FAULT IN MLG CONTROL INTERFACE UNIT NR 1. R/R LGCIU NR 1 (D197) IAW AMM, OPS CHECK GOOD. FUNCTIONAL TEST OF LGCIU COULD NOT DUPLICATE REASON FOR REMOVAL, UNIT WAS INSPECTED AND SUBJECTED TO EXTENSIVE TESTING PER CMM, RETURNED TO SERVICE AS NFF.

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