Service difficulty report · Damper · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
March 27, 2018
Submitted
March 28, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1672
Aircraft time
11,032 hours, 1,704 cycles
Part
Damper
Condition
Broken
Location
Contro Stick
Stage of operation
CR
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

CAPTAIN`S CONTROL STICK, SEEMS TO HAVE DECREASED CONTROL FEEL WHEN APPLYING LT AILERON VS APPLYING RT AILERON. FIRST OFFICER`S STICK HAD NORMAL FEEL. REMOVED THE CAPTAIN`S STICK IAW AMM 27-92-41. THE INTERNAL DAMPENER FOUND BROKEN. REPLACED THE CAPTAIN`S STICK IAW AMM 27-92-41-400-817-A THRU STEP F(1), OPS CHECKED OF SIDE STICK ASSEMBLY, OPS CHECK OF AUTOPILOT ENGAGEMENT AND LOCKING DEVICES OF THE SIDE STICK CONTROLLER AND RUDDER PEDALS CHECKED OK IAW AMM 22-10-00-710-803A. OPS CHECK OF TAKEOVER AND PRIORITY FUNCTION CHECKED OK IAW AMM 27-96-00-710-804A. OPS CHECK OF VHF SYSTEM CHECKED OK IAW AMM 23-12-00-710-801A. LAND CAT III TEST CHECKED OK IAW AMM 22-97-00-740-801A. AND AMM 27-92-41-400-817A

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