What was found
FCU ALT SELECT SW BROKE OFF. ALT SEL STUCK AT 17K AND ALT CAPTURE ALERT HORN GOING OFF CONTINUOUSLY. REPLACED FCU, CHECKS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 2009
- Submitted
- May 20, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N424UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 506
- Aircraft time
- 50,155 hours, 17,970 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 2210 · Autopilot System
- Part
- Fcu
- Part number
- C12850AC02
- Part serial
- 187
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Cockpit
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.