Service difficulty report · Concentrator · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
October 29, 2014
Submitted
October 30, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N631AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
77
Aircraft time
79,018 hours, 35,659 cycles
Part
Concentrator
Part number
350E5151331
Part serial
1804
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 100
Part time
40,958 hours, 17,771 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

COULD HEAR A LIGHT RUMBLING SOUND IN CLIMB CRUISE & DESCENT. NOTICED THAT THE RUDDER WAS FLUCTUATING LT & RT WITHIN THE RUDDER LIMITS, NO YAW WAS NOTICED. FLUCTUATION REDUCED AT LOWER SPEEDS. ACCOMPLISHED TROUBLESHOOTING MANUAL TASK 21-26-00-810-837-A FOR RUMBLING NOISE IN COCKPIT, NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALSO TROUBLESHOOTING MANUAL TASK 27-20-00-810-806-A FOR RUDDER FLUCTUATING. FOUND SYS DATA ACQUISITION CONCENTRATOR 1 CAUSING RUDDER TO FLUCTUATE ON FLIGHT CONTROL PAGE. REPLACED SYS DATA ACQUISITION CONCENTRATOR 1 IAW AMM 31-55-34. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.

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