Service difficulty report · Autothrottle Sys · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 27, 2021
Submitted
July 29, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N677FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
791
Aircraft time
31,179 hours, 17,746 cycles
Part
Autothrottle Sys
Part number
K151ADM
Part serial
604
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, AUTO THROTTLE SYSTEM COMMANDED #1 ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER BY 3-5% OF SELECTED FLX TRP VALUE. THE #1 THROTTLE WAS SPLIT BY A KNOB WIDTH FROM THE #2 THROTTLE. TRP FLX VALUE REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM BEING SET ON THE GROUND.ONCE THE THROTTLES WERE MATCHED UP, AUTO THROTTLE SYSTEM WORKED NORMALLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. PERFORMED SATISFACTORY AFS LAND TEST AND GROUND SCAN REVEALED NO FAULTS, A300 MM 22-40-00-5. 5 PREVIOUS WRITEUPS IN 90 DAY HISTORY WITH NO OCCURRENCES SINCE 06JUN21. ENG 1 COUPLING UNIT 3CJ1 HAS BEEN SUSPECTED IN HISTORY AND RECOMMENDED ON A MTSI. ORDERING SAME, OK TO CONTINUE ON MEL. REF WRI 22-30/0733. REPLACED THRUST CONTROL COMPUTER IAW A300-600 AMM 22-36-34-04-01. REPLACED FAC/ATS PANEL IAW AMM 22-25-12-4. PERFORMED ADJ/TEST OF AUTOTHROTTLE PER AMM 22-30-00-05-01. ACCOMPLISHED AFS/LAND TEST IAW A300-600 AMM 22-40-00-05. NO FAULTS, ALL TESTS PASSED.

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