Service difficulty report · Transducer · Airbus A321271N

Difficulty date
March 22, 2019
Submitted
March 26, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216HA
Make and model
Airbus A321271N
Aircraft serial
08471
Aircraft time
1,513 hours, 299 cycles
Part
Transducer
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Elevator
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ATB - "F/CTL ELEV SERVO FAULT" ILLUMINATED ON CLIMB OUT. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF SIDE STICK ASSY PER AMM 27-96-00-710-020-A. PERFORMED WIRING CHK OF POS RVDT MON SIGNAL FROM ELAC 1 MON PART TO FIRST TERMINAL BLOCK REF 27-93-07. SWAP ELAC 1 AND ELAC 2 NO HELP SWAP TO ORIGINAL. AMM 27-93-34. FLT CTL PITCH FAULT + FCDC 1 REMAINS (ELAC 1 OR WIRING FROM R ELEV POS MON XDCR). ELAC 1 (2CE1) CONNECTOR AE TO ELEV POS R XDCR UNIT (49CE2) CONNECTOR B WIRING CK OK, 2E-G, 2F-H, 2G-D, 2H-E. ALSO SEC 1 (1CE1) CONNECTOR AD TO ELEV POS R XDCR UNIT (49CE2) CONNECTOR B WIRING CK OK, 14G-G, 14H-H, 14J-D, 14K-E. ALL WIRES CONTINUITY CK GOOD, NO SHORT TO GND PER WDM 27-93-31. DURING CHECKING TRANSDUCER RESISTANCE CK, FOUND PIN D AND E PUSHED BACK ON CONNECTOR B. REMOVED & REPLACED SYS PRESSURE SWITCH(2151GN) PER TSM 27-933-00-810-947A & PRESSURE TRANSDUCER(2065GN) AMM 29-32-11, CONDITION SAME. REMOVED & REPLACED RH ELEVATOR POSITION TRANSDUCER UNIT PER TSM 27-9-00-810-872A & AMM 27-92-13. DUE TO 2 PINS PUSHED IN ON TRANSDUCER OPS CHECK OF TRANSDUCER GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED 1837VT TERMINAL BLOCK PER ESPM 20-44-51. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF ELAC 1 + SEC 1 PER AMM 27-93-00-710-001-A + AMM 27-94-00-710-002-A, OK FOR SVC. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTED STATION, WHERE A UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE.

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