Service difficulty report · Servo · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 7, 2010
Submitted
March 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N461UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1266
Aircraft time
34,706 hours, 12,889 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Servo
Part number
31075270
Part serial
5374
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Elevator
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SIGNIFICANT TAIL OSCILLATION FLT LVL 310 280KTS AT BEGINNING OF DESCENT. WENT AWAY WITH SLOWER SPEED. SPOKE WITH CAPTAIN AND HE STATED WAS A TAIL WAGGING NO SHUDDERING. NO ROLL OR PITCH PROBLEM LASTED 10-15 SECONDS. REPLACED RT ELEVATOR SERVO 34CE2 DUE TO OSCILLATION. ACCOMPLISHED ADJUSTMENT AND RIG CHECK ELEVATOR SYS & SOLD TO INSPECTION. ALL 4 AILERONS PCA'S SIMULTANEOUSLY HAS FAILED "BOX, DETECTION UNIT, LVDT" PHYSICALLY CRACKED -THROUGH AT ONE EACH MOUNT POINTS OF EACH PCA. INSTALLED -85 AT RT INBD, -168 AT LT OTBD AND -101 AT LT INBD. ONE MORE SERVO ON ORDER. STILL NEED LEAK AND OPS CHECK. REPLACED THE GREEN SYS YAW DAMPER AND NR1 FAC COMPUTER ON WUP M7502Q.

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