Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
December 13, 2011
Submitted
February 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N621AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
53
Aircraft time
70,672 hours, 31,861 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
C202163392E34
Part serial
840
Condition
Faulted
Location
Brakes
Part time
52,147 hours, 21,004 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
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

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH AUTO BRAKES SELECTED. AFTER STARTING MANUAL BRAKING, BRAKES GRABBED VIOLENTLY THEN RELAEASED. CREW RECEIVED ECAM BRAKES SYS 2 FAULT. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN NR 2 ENGINE, ECAM CHANGED TO BRAKES SYS 1 FAULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BRAKE/STEERING CONTROL UNIT.

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