Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
December 10, 2013
Submitted
December 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
356
Aircraft time
42,114 hours, 22,941 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
EIA1533E
Part serial
360
Condition
Faulty
Location
Vhf Comm
Part time
3,508 hours, 1,943 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

COMPLETE LOSS OF COMM ON VHF 1, 2 & 3 AT 1:15 INTO 2 HR FLIGHT. WE CHECKED QRH, NO HELP. CHECK 02 MASK DOORS & RESET. UNPLUGGED & PLUGGED IN AUXILIARY HEADSETS. TRIED COMM WITH CTR USING MASKS, AUXILIARY, NO HELP. RESET VHF 1, 2 & 3 BREAKERS & AFTER 12 - 15 MIN OF LOST COMM WE REGAINED INTERMITTENT USE OF COMM 1 & 2. COMM 1 ON CAPTAIN SIDE IS WEAK, LOW VOLUME, LOT OF STATIC ON OVERHEAD. R & R 1 RN AUDIO INTEGRATION UNIT, OPERATIONS CHECKED OK A310MM 23-51-18-04.

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