Service difficulty report · Autothrottle Sys · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 28, 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
B415ABM1
Part serial
394
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF (NON-PROFILE, AUTOTHROTTLES OFF PER MEL) THROTTLES SPLIT ONE KNOB LENGTH AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. TAKE OFF POWER WAS SET AT 101.5 N1 ON BOTH ENGINES. HOWEVER, SOMETIME AFTER ROTATION, THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE INCREASED TO 108.5 N1 DESPITE AUTOTHROTTLES AND ATS LEVER DEACTIVATED. THIS RESULTED IN RIGHT THROTTLE BEING ONE KNOB SPLIT FORWARD OF LEFT THROTTLE LEVER. CORRECTED MISMATCH AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AND CONTINUED FLIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. C/W FADEC GROUND TEST PER M.M. 73-21-30 NO FAULTS NOTED 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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