Service difficulty report · Servo · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
March 25, 2005
Submitted
March 29, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
082
Aircraft time
49,367 hours, 22,133 cycles
Part
Servo
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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 RECEIVED ECAM MESSAGE FOR NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAULT, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CENTRALIZED FAULT DISPLAY SYSTEM FAULTED BOTH BRAKE STEERING CONTROL UNIT CHANNELS FOR NLG SERVO CONTROL UNIT (6GC). DISCONNECTED AND RESET CONNECTOR AT NLG SERVO CONTROL UNIT (6GC), FAULT CLEARED AND DID NOT RETURN. REMOVED AND REPLACED NLG SERVO CONTROL UNIT (6GC) IAW AMM 32-51-51-04, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. FUNCTIONAL TEST OF NLG SERVO CONTROL UNIT S/N U416 CONFIRMED REASON FOR REMOVAL, UNIT FAILED VOLTAGE BALANCE TEST, REPLACED SERVO VALVE PER CMM 32-57-01, REV. 8.

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