A319
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness; Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
At cruise; (approx 1 hour from landing) ECAM (Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor) F/CTL ELAC (Elevator and Aileron Computer) PITCH FAULT 2. Shortly followed by F/CTL ELAC PITCH FAULT 1. INOP systems - Autopilot 1 and 2; Alternate law - loss of protections - Cat 2 - ELAC Pitch. Ran all ECAMS; checklists; QRH; supplemental QRH. No reset option. [Requested priority handling] out of abundance of caution. Requested priority from ATC for descent and approach - long final on long runway. Advised Dispatch; flight attendants; and passengers. Landed on long runway per procedures (direct law - flaps 3) Landing uneventful - taxied to gate. ATC was very cooperative. Notified Dispatch in the air and after gate arrival.Aircraft had previous write ups for same/similar issue. Aircraft had been in ZZZ for 48 hours prior to this flight for same write up. (ECAM F/CTL ELAC PITCH FAULT 1 and 2) and there was a previous write up for ECAM F/CTL ELAC PITCH TRIM FAULT 2.
About an hour from destination; aircraft had an ELAC 1 fail followed by an ELAC 2 failure about 20 minutes later. Followed all ECAM (Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor) procedures and QRH procedures. [Requested priority handling]; received excellent handling by ATC. Flight attendants and passengers were notified. Coordinated with Dispatch. Similar events happened during two previous flights based on maintenance logbook entries.Maintenance failed to fix recurring issue.Just need to get aircraft fixed so it does not reoccur. Could be a significant impact to safety if reoccurs in an area with poor visibility; rain/snow; etc.
A319 flight crew reported loss of both ELAC's (Elevator and Aileron Computer) at cruise. Flight Crew requested priority handling and continued to destination airport.