Service difficulty report · Brake Assy · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
February 26, 2005
Submitted
February 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
082
Aircraft time
49,094 hours, 22,016 cycles
Part
Brake Assy
Part number
831A000002
Part serial
00456
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
49,096 hours, 22,016 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH INTO PHX EN ROUTE FROM ATL WHEN SELECTING FLAPS 1 THE SLATS LOCKED OUT AT SLATS 1, FOLLOWED ECAM INSTRUCTIONS AND PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SLAY SYS PER TSM 27-81-00-810-815 AND FOUND LT WING TIP BRAKE ASSY BREAK OUT FORCE AT 80 IN LBS, LIMIT IS 44 IN LBS. R & R LT WING TIP BRAKE ASSY IAW AMM 27-81-00-000, OPS CHECK OF SLAT SYS GOOD. VENDOR REPORTED THAT RETURN OF WING TIP BRAKE SN 456 WAS JUSTIFIED AND CONFIRMED NOTING ON DISASSEMBLY THAT SPRING, FIG. 4-5A OF CMM 27-09-12 REV 8, WAS UNDERSIZED AND BALL BEARING, FIG 3-140A AND FIG 4-100A FROM CMM 27-09-12 REV. 8, WAS RUNNING ROUGH. UNIT WAS TESTED AND OVERHAULED IAW CMM 27-09-12 REV. 8

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