Service difficulty report · Feel Unit · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
March 1, 2024
Submitted
March 1, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
778
Aircraft time
35,851 hours, 20,052 cycles
Part
Feel Unit
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Faulted
Location
Elevators
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON LANDING AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR CONTROLS ARE VERY HEAVY TO PULL AFT. CONTROL WILL NOT RETURN TO NEUTRAL POSITION WITHOUT PUSHING IT INTO PLACE ON GROUND. INSTALLED PUSH-PULL TOOL ON PILOT'S YOKE AND CHECKED ELEVATOR OPS LOAD PER A300-600 AMM 27-33-00-05 PARA.4. FOUND FWD & AFT LOAD HIGH. CHECKED ELEVATOR LOAD PER TSM 27-31-00 F.101; AT BLOCK 8 WITH ONLY FEEL UNIT CONNECTED, FOUND LOAD REDUCED BUT STILL HIGH. TSM RECOMMENDS REPLACE ARTIFICIAL FEEL UNIT. AMM: 27-33-11-04 REMOVED ONLY, ARTIFICIAL FEEL UNIT (274511). AMM 27-33-11-04. UP TO AND INCLUDING STEP 3.B. (3)(G). DUST COVER AND COVER FRAME ABOVE ARTIFICIAL FEEL UNIT HAS BEEN REMOVED TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF UNIT.

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