After suffering multiple electrical anomalies the flight crew of an A300; maintenance and operations...

Narrative:

During cruise; the following mechanical issues occurred simultaneously: pitch trim 2 off; ats 1 off; FD 2 inoperative and stby pitot heat inoperative. We notified maintenance control via ACARS and asked operations if they wanted us to continue to our destination or divert to the destination of our next leg due to better maintenance support. They elected to divert us. No emergency was declared. Upon landing and after maintenance was performed our trip was revised to fly from to our original destination and return to the diversion airport; our original second leg destination. The captain discussed concerns about legalities with scheduling and the duty officer; who both assured him that we were legal to complete the assignment. After takeoff; however; all of the same problems from the first leg came back and operations directed us to turn back. No emergency was declared and the air turn back was uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After suffering multiple electrical anomalies the flight crew of an A300; Maintenance and Operations agreed to divert for maintenance assessment. Following maintenance action they departed but were promptly faced with repeats of the prior problems and returned for more comprehensive maintenance.

Narrative: During cruise; the following mechanical issues occurred simultaneously: Pitch trim 2 off; ATS 1 off; FD 2 INOP and STBY Pitot Heat INOP. We notified Maintenance Control via ACARS and asked Operations if they wanted us to continue to our destination or divert to the destination of our next leg due to better maintenance support. They elected to divert us. No emergency was declared. Upon landing and after maintenance was performed our trip was revised to fly from to our original destination and return to the diversion airport; our original second leg destination. The Captain discussed concerns about legalities with Scheduling and the Duty Officer; who both assured him that we were legal to complete the assignment. After takeoff; however; all of the same problems from the first leg came back and operations directed us to turn back. No emergency was declared and the air turn back was uneventful.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1126996
Time
Date	201311
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Elevator Trim System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

After suffering multiple electrical anomalies the flight crew of an A300; maintenance and operations agreed to divert for maintenance assessment. Following maintenance action they departed but were promptly faced with repeats of the prior problems and returned for more comprehensive maintenance.