Narrative:

On takeoff; just after we rotated; the captain said 'we have a problem'. I was the flying pilot; and did not see anything abnormal on my side. Just after he said 'we have a problem'; we got an ECAM but it went away so fast neither of us had time to read it. (The ECAM was just after takeoff and I was hand flying). The captain then told me he had lost his pfd and nd momentarily with diagonal lines but they came back just as fast as the ECAM went away. We continued the departure. We were in VMC conditions; but there were thunderstorms in the area that we were deviating around. Because of the thunderstorms I engaged the autopilot early to unload the captain as the PNF. We were in a left turn for deviation with the auto pilot on; and I was looking at the radar and the weather outside when the captain said 'the aircraft feels like we are flying sideways'. Because I was looking outside I thought we were still in the turn but we were not. Just as I looked at the pfd to evaluate our attitude; we got an ECAM fuel low level. We were on heading; but the aircraft was in a 6 degree bank. I looked at the engines. All was normal. The captain pulled up the fuel page; all was normal. The captain said 'something is not right; we need to go back to ZZZ' and I agreed. We asked for a descent and a vector back to ZZZ and started to turn around and descend. I then looked at the rudder trim and it was set to 4.7 degrees right. I trimmed the rudder back to zero and the fuel low level ECAM went away. I told the captain that after I trimmed the rudder; the aircraft was flying normally. We both agreed we no longer needed to return. We asked the controller for vectors toward destination. The rest of the flight was uneventful; until the approach. On the descent we were set up for a slam dunk. It was a comfortable descent at that point; but when I pulled the spoilers; the rudder kicked to the right; the captains pfd; nd; and mcdu blanked momentarily with no ECAM. I looked back at the rudder trim and it was again at 4.5 degrees nose right. I trimmed the rudder out again. Because of the problems we were having; I decided to configure early and turn the a/P and the auto thrust off. Configuring through flaps 3 and speed 170 all was normal. But; as soon as we put the gear down 7 miles from the marker; (we were in a slam dunk and configuring early) all kinds of things started to happen. As soon as the gear went down; we got multiple ECAM's; automatic flight rud trim 1 fault; automatic flight rud trv lim 1 fault; automatic flight yaw damper 1 fault; and fws fwc 1 fault. We continued the approach but we were still high. After the ECAM's; the captain said we need to slow things down and I agreed. I asked the captain to ask if we could widen the approach out. The controller gave us a heading to the north; but our altitude assignment was 4000 feet. With all of the distractions of multiple ECAM's; I descended 600 feet low and leveled at 3400. The controller asked us if we had taken another aircraft altitude assignment to 3;000. The captain said no; but we have an abnormal problem and are climbing back up to 4;000 feet. The controller relieved us; and said to descend to 3;000 feet. We did; and the rest of the approach was uneventful; until the landing rollout. On the landing rollout after we decelerated below 80 kts; the captain's pfd; nd; ewd; and mcdu blanked intermittently with brief ECAM's that would come and go. Since we were on the ground I had time to look up at the overhead panel. By now I suspected the AC ess feed fault. But no light was on the overhead panel and the captain's instruments were back to normal. We wrote the airplane up and went to the hotel. After talking it over with the captain; we both realized that the most important part is to fly the airplane. I allowed myself to become distracted with multiple ECAM's and descended below the assigned altitude.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 First Officer reports apparent electrical anomalies shortly after takeoff (ESS AC BUS) that self corrected. The rudder trim was found to be set 4.7 degrees right and is reset to zero. During descent; when the spoilers were extended; the rudder kicked and the Captain's display momentarily blanked and the rudder trim moved to 4.5 degrees right. A hand flown approach ensued to a normal landing.

Narrative: On takeoff; just after we rotated; the Captain said 'we have a problem'. I was the flying pilot; and did not see anything abnormal on my side. Just after he said 'we have a problem'; we got an ECAM but it went away so fast neither of us had time to read it. (The ECAM was just after takeoff and I was hand flying). The Captain then told me he had lost his PFD and ND momentarily with diagonal lines but they came back just as fast as the ECAM went away. We continued the departure. We were in VMC conditions; but there were thunderstorms in the area that we were deviating around. Because of the thunderstorms I engaged the autopilot early to unload the Captain as the PNF. We were in a left turn for deviation with the auto pilot on; and I was looking at the radar and the weather outside when the Captain said 'the aircraft feels like we are flying sideways'. Because I was looking outside I thought we were still in the turn but we were not. Just as I looked at the PFD to evaluate our attitude; we got an ECAM FUEL LOW LEVEL. We were on heading; but the aircraft was in a 6 degree bank. I looked at the engines. All was normal. The Captain pulled up the Fuel Page; all was normal. The Captain said 'something is not right; we need to go back to ZZZ' and I agreed. We asked for a descent and a vector back to ZZZ and started to turn around and descend. I then looked at the rudder trim and it was set to 4.7 degrees right. I trimmed the rudder back to zero and the FUEL LOW LEVEL ECAM went away. I told the Captain that after I trimmed the rudder; the aircraft was flying normally. We both agreed we no longer needed to return. We asked the Controller for vectors toward destination. The rest of the flight was uneventful; until the approach. On the descent we were set up for a slam dunk. It was a comfortable descent at that point; but when I pulled the spoilers; the rudder kicked to the right; the Captains PFD; ND; and MCDU blanked momentarily with no ECAM. I looked back at the rudder trim and it was again at 4.5 degrees nose right. I trimmed the rudder out again. Because of the problems we were having; I decided to configure early and turn the A/P and the Auto Thrust off. Configuring through flaps 3 and speed 170 all was normal. BUT; as soon as we put the gear down 7 miles from the marker; (we were in a slam dunk and configuring early) all kinds of things started to happen. As soon as the gear went down; we got multiple ECAM's; AUTO FLT RUD TRIM 1 FAULT; AUTO FLT RUD TRV LIM 1 FAULT; AUTO FLT YAW DAMPER 1 FAULT; and FWS FWC 1 FAULT. We continued the approach but we were still high. After the ECAM's; the Captain said we need to slow things down and I agreed. I asked the Captain to ask if we could widen the approach out. The Controller gave us a heading to the north; but our altitude assignment was 4000 feet. With all of the distractions of multiple ECAM's; I descended 600 feet low and leveled at 3400. The Controller asked us if we had taken another aircraft altitude assignment to 3;000. The Captain said no; but we have an abnormal problem and are climbing back up to 4;000 feet. The Controller relieved us; and said to descend to 3;000 feet. We did; and the rest of the approach was uneventful; until the landing rollout. On the landing rollout after we decelerated below 80 kts; The Captain's PFD; ND; EWD; and MCDU blanked intermittently with brief ECAM's that would come and go. Since we were on the ground I had time to look up at the overhead panel. By now I suspected the AC ESS FEED Fault. But no light was on the overhead panel and the Captain's instruments were back to normal. We wrote the airplane up and went to the hotel. After talking it over with the Captain; we both realized that the most important part is to fly the airplane. I allowed myself to become distracted with multiple ECAM's and descended below the assigned altitude.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.