Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
December 28, 2011
Submitted
December 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N629AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
76
Aircraft time
70,618 hours, 31,570 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
C202163392E34
Part serial
005062
Condition
Faulty
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
37,055 hours, 15,593 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

BRAKES PULSED WHEN APPLIED AT SLOW TAXI SPEEDS, AND MORE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL WAS REQUIRED TO STOP AIRCRAFT. BSCU FAULT NR 1 CHANNEL IN PREVIOUS LEG'S REPORT. REMOVED AND REPLACED BRAKE / STEERING CONTROL UNIT. PERFORMED MAINTENANCE TAXI AND BRAKING CHECK IN NORMAL AND ALTERNATE MODES WITH NO BRAKE PULSING, SURGING OR GRABBING OBSERVED.

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