A319
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
After takeoff I felt there was a little instability to the aircraft turning capability (the turns felt weird) so about 1;500 FT I turned on the autopilot (1) aircraft immediately went into a bank so we pushed the flight control status page sure enough the left aileron was up 7 to 8 degrees. It did not matter if I had autopilots 1 on or 2 on or even in manual (no auto pilots on; it was stuck up out of the neutral position. I could over-ride it and I had control manually. We called Maintenance Control gave them as much info as we could we were told to continue to destination and maintenance would be there upon arrival. My First Officer had checked the ATIS for cross-wind already and I felt ok with the controllability. We took pictures en route of the status pages and forwarded those to Maintenance Control on arrival. Taxiing in we did another flight control check to confirm our suspicions that we saw nothing abnormal on the taxi out flight control check and once again the check was normal. At the gate I called Maintenance Control gave them a little more information and First Officer forwarded pictures of the status page. I don't know what we could have done differently to avoid this. Also after the mechanic did all the checks and signed it off I believe he said it was most likely; ELAC one that may have been the cause. We got no ECAM or any other indications of any malfunctions. Also once again when one has an issue/malfunction with no clear guidance a good First Officer is worth his weight in gold. My First Officer was outstanding he's new at this airline but not to the airplane and with his help and co-ordination we gathered as much info as we could and forwarded that to Maintenance Control.
A319 Captain describes an aileron not returning to the neutral (streamlined) position with the side stick in the neutral (released) position. The flight control page shows the left aileron is up about eight degrees at all times; but the aircraft is controllable. Flight continues the short distance to destination and lands normally. Ground flight control checks reveal no anomalies; but maintenance suspects ELAC 1 to be the cause.