Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A320233

Difficulty date
September 26, 2015
Submitted
September 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N687TA
Make and model
Airbus A320233
Aircraft serial
1334
Aircraft time
47,084 hours, 20,291 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527EA5
Part
Actuator
Part number
61373
Part serial
1607
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PREVIOUS TO DEPART AS FLIGHT TA561. THE ACFT SHOWED THE FOLLOWING NO DISPATCH FAILURE MSGS. FLIGHT CONTROL RUDDER TRAVEL LIMIT 2 FAULT MSG ON ECAM. FOR THIS FAILURE IT WAS PERFORMED FAULT ANALYSIS IAW TSM 22-61-00-810-804-A BY RESETTING THE FAC 2 & TESTING THE AFS IAW AMM 22-96-00-710-001-A, OBTAINING NORMAL RESULTS. AUTO FLIGHT RUDDER TRIM SYS. FOR THIS FAILURE IT WAS PERFORMED FAULT ANALYSIS IAW TSM 22-62-00-810-817-A, THE TEST OF THE RUDDER TRIM WAS NOT SATISFACTORY, SO THEN, THE RUDDER TRIM ACTUATOR 10CC WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 27-22-51 PB 401, AFTER THAT THE TEST WAS SATISFACTORY. AFTER THOSE MX ACTIONS THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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