Service difficulty report · Relay · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
May 11, 2023
Submitted
May 12, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N681FE
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
799
Aircraft time
31,482 hours, 17,784 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
E0066Z01W00A
Part serial
NA
Condition
Unknown
Location
N/A
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON TAXI OUT, WHILE PERFORMING FLIGHT CONTROL CHECKS, THE ELEVATORS WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION. RETURNED TO GATE. FOLLOWED TSM 27-33-01 FIG 103 AND REPLACED RELAY 308CY1 IN REF TO ESPM. VISUALLY INSPECTED PITCH ARTIFICAL FEEL UNIT AND BOTH #1 & #2 ACTUATORS NOW MATCH WHERE BEFORE THE #1 ACTUATOR WAS EXTENDED. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF ELEVATOR CONTROLS AND ELEVATOR ARTIFICIAL FEEL IN REF TO AMM. ELEVATOR TRAVEL OPS CHECK NORMAL IN BOTH TESTS. NO BINDING OR JAMMING WAS FOUND. SUSPECT THAT THE ELEVATOR ARTIFICIAL FEEL WAS LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF DEFLECTION. OK FOR SERVICE.