Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 18, 2023
Submitted
December 22, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N425UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
508
Aircraft time
88,956 hours, 35,559 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
31324290001
Part serial
7926
Condition
Faulted
Location
Brakes
Stage of operation
CR
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 GEAR EXTENSIONGOT BRAKES AUTO BRKNO OTHER ABNRML INDIC. LA NDED NORMAL.AFTER SCANNING AND BITE TEST BOTH HITTING ON BRK SERVO VALVE 4 18GG. EXISTING SERVO VALVE 4 FAULT INDICATES BAD BSCU PER TSM PARTS UPDATED TO REFLECT. 32-42-00-810-808-A. PARTS NIS AT IAD. PILOTS REPORT THAT AT GEAR DOWN, AUTOBRAKE FAULT ECAM MESSAGE R NORMAL BRAKE SERVO VALVE #4 REF AMM 32-42-48-000-001-A, PERFORMED NORMAL BRAKING TEST BITE OF BOTH BSCU CHANNELS REF AMM DISPLAYED FOLLOWED BY NORMAL BRAKING INOP AND AUTO BRAKE INOP BONDING CHECK GOOD, DURING INSTALLATION CHECK AUTO BRAKE IS 32-46-00-740-005-A, BSCU CHANNEL 2 PASS NO FAULTS FOUND, CHANNEL MESSAGES. MAINTENANCE LAST LEG REPORT SHOWS BRK NORM SERVO VALVE STILL FAULTING WHEN BSCU CHANNEL 1 IS ACTIVE. TROUBLESHOOTING DATA INDICATES FAULT CODE 088, REMOVED AND REPLACED BSCU. BITE TEST OK, REF AMM 32-42-34. FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE NORMAL BRAKING SYSTEM AFTER REMOVAL/INSTALLATION OF ONE NORMAL SERVO VALVE, NORMAL. REF AMM 32-42-00-720-005-A.

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