Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
July 23, 2015
Submitted
July 29, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N304NV
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
2265
Aircraft time
30,829 hours, 26,314 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Oscillates
Location
Fuselage
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

DURING CRUISE AT 38000 FT, AIRCRAFT OSCILLATED IN YAW WITH A FREQUENCY OF ABOUT 1/2 A SECOND, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, RUDDER TRIM INDICATOR SHOWED LEFT. LEFT RUDDER TRIM VARYING BETWEEN L0.8 TO L1.2 128000 LBS M0.78 SMOOTH AIR AUTO PILOT 1 ON ENGINE VIB NORMAL, FLIGHT CONTROL NORMAL WITH AUTO PILOT OFF, THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE OSCILLATION INCREASED SPEED IAW QRH. AIRCRAFT VIBRATIONS S.6.18 WITH NO CHANGE UPON RETURNING TO NORMAL SPEED. THE OSCILLATION WENT AWAY & THE RUDDER TRIM INDICATOR STABILIZED TOTAL TIME OF OSCILLATING WAS LESS THAN 5 MINS. PERFORMED FAC SYSTEM TEST IAW AMM 22-60-00-PB 501 ONFIG 00 ALL PASS.

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