JASC 2731
Service difficulty reports · 1,297
Reports filed under 2731 · Elevator Tab Control System, newest first.
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SDR AUS20030710Actuator · faulty(AUS) HORIZONTAL STABILISER TRIM ACTUATOR FAULTY.SDR CA030707006Actuator · failed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED ' STAB CHANNEL NR 1 FAIL' MESSAGE DURING CRUISE. RESET OK BUT FAIL MESSAGE AGAIN DURING MANUAL TRIM. TROUBLE SHOOTING DISCOVERED MOTOR ON NR 1 HORIZONTAL STAB TRIMACTUATOR HAD FAILED. TRIM UNIT AND MOTOR CONTROL UNIT WERE ALSO REPLACSDR AUS20030644Bushing · missing(AUS) PITCH TRIM SERVO ACTUATOR LOWER ATTACHMENT POINT PIVOT BUSHING MISSING AND ATTACHMENT BOLTS WORN.SDR SWAA031422Bushing · wornDURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, RT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ELEVATOR TAB INPUT ROD HARDWARE AND BUSHING.SDR SWAA031421Bushing · wornDURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, LT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR TAB INPUT ROD HARDWARE, BUSHING AND ALL HINGE ATTACH POINT HARDWARE PER MM.SDR QXEA200300729Actuator · failedSEA - FLIGHT 00310 - DURING APPROACH AND AIRCRAFT AT FULL LANDING CONFIGURATION, THE CREW RECEIVED A MASTER CAUTION. CREW ACKNOWLEDGED THE MASTER CAUTION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPLACED THE ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR.SDR SWAA031250Rod End · wornDURING SCHEDULED C3 CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, LT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT ELEVATOR TAB ROD END ASSY'S PER MM.SDR AUS20030574Actuator · unserviceable(AUS) STANDBY PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR FAULTY.SDR 2003FA0000623Actuator · failedNEWLY OVERHAUL ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR LITERALLY FELL APART AFTER INSTALL DURING TRIM OP`S CHECKS. GROOVE PIN PN .0937 X .325 TYPE 3 FELL OUT OF ROLL CHAIN SPROCKET PN 0310332. GROOVE PIN HOLES WORN IN SPROCKET AND ACTUATOR CAUSING FAILURE. SUSPECT FAULTY OVSDR CA030520004Controller · malfunctioned(CAN) AFTER 10 LANDINGS A STAB TRIM MSG. ATTEMPTED 2 RESETS OF CHANNELS 1 & 2 STAB STUCK AT 5.8 UNITS. LANDED IN OUT OF TRIM CONDITION AT CYUL. INVESTIGATION ON GOING.SDR SWAA031108Torque Tube · wornDURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, SWA SI 11038, LT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. FOUND,PLAY AT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE ASSY BETWEEN LT ELEVATOR INPUT ROD ARM AND OUTER TUBE. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE PER MM.SDR CX7A194J0344Bolt · seizedBOLT SEIZED AND PRODUCE PITCH TRIM LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT.SDR CA030527011Pin · loose(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE RAN OUT OF NOSE DOWN ELEVATOR TRIM WITH FLAPS 30 DEGREES. INSPECTED FLAP TRIM INTERCONNECT AND FOUND NO FAULTS. INSPECTED ELEVATOR TRIM AND FOUND THAT NOSE DOWN TRIM WAS LIMITED BY A STOP IN THE COCKPIT TRIM WHEEL. FOUND THAT PIN TSDR 5868Sprocket · detachedAIRCRAFT PITCH TRIM CONTROL FROZE IN PLACE, DURING FLIGHT, DUE TO THE RIGHT PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR CHAIN SPROCKET PN 556450-6 BECOMING DISLODGED FROM ACTUATOR DUE TO ATTACHMENT PIN FOR THE SPROCKET PN S2637-6Z11 COMING OUT OF THIS SPROCKET TO SHAFT ATTACHMENT. ASDR CA030421007Bevel Gear · broken(CAN) PILOT REPORTED JAMMING ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL BETWEEN 2 TO 4 DEGREES DOWN POSITION. THE WHEEL WOULD RELEASE IF WORKED BACK AND FORTH. UPON INSPECTION, ONE OF THE BEVEL GEARS INSIDE THE ELEVATOR TRIM INDICATOR BOX WAS FOUND TO HAVE TWO BROKEN TEETH.SDR MWEA030178Pressure Switch · out of adjustELEVATOR POWER ON ANNUNCIATOR DOES NOT ILLUMINATE WITH M-FUNCTION. INSPECTED SWITCH & PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT TEST OF ELEVATOR POWER CONTROL PRESSURE SWITCH NO DEFECTS NOTED TEST GOOD.SDR SWAA030859Rod End · wornDURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, LT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR TAB AFT ROD END ASSY PER MM.SDR ESE2003F0000ATube · shearedTHE RT ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL ROD CLEVIS, BOLT AND BUSHING SEIZED DUE TO CORROSION AND LACK OF LUBRICATION CAUSING THE CONTROL ROD THREADED ROD TO SHEAR.SDR VNAA0304006Relay · failedDURING CLIMBOUT, THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE ELEVATOR TRIM STOPPED WORKING. AFTER CONFERRING WITH MAINTENANCE CONTROL, FLIGHT 4156 RETURNED TO DAY. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE 49CC RELAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH DORNIER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 27-00-00. OPERASDR CA030410002Hinge · cracked(CAN) DURING UNSCHEDULED INSPECTION OF THE TAIL. THE ENGINEER CHECKED FOR PLAY IN THE ELEVATOR HORN BEARINGS P/N MS27645-5. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION THE ENGINEER NOTICED A CRACK IN THE BEARING HOUSING AREA OF P/N 50-524420-4. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE BEARING FROM SDR GLBA2003044Clutch · stuckELEVATOR TRIM STUCK. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR ELECTRIC TRIM MAGNETIC CLUTCH AND CONNECTING CABLE PULLEYS, OPS CK GOOD.SDR SWAA030757Rod End · wornDURING SCHEDULED C1 CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, RT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR TAB ROD ENDS ON OUTBOARD ROD PER MM.SDR CA030326002Actuator · loose(CAN) DURING ELEVATOR TRIM TAB FREE PLAY CHECK THE LT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE PLAY. MEASURED .031SDR CA030318002Trim Tab · fretted(CAN) SPECIAL INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AS PER CAMPAIGN 681-27-30-015 WHICH MANDATES INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR CONTROL TUBE ATTACHMENT TO TRIM TAB. RT TRIM TAB , BUSHING WAS FOUND NOT SEATED ALL THE WAY INTO THE TRIM TAB HORN. THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE HORN HAD SDR CA030317009Tube · broken(CAN) AT FLIGHT LEVEL 220, FLIGHT CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG AND EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT AIRFRAME VIBRATION. THE A/C CLIMBED APPROXIMATELY 200FT BEFORE CREW WERE ABLE TO STOP ASCENT. EMERGENCY DECLARED, UNSCHEDULED LANDING CARRIED OUT. MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THE LSDR AUS20030323Actuator · faulty(AUS) HORIZONTAL STABILISER TRIM ACTUATOR INTERNAL FAILURE.SDR RAIA00303070Vane · inoperative5570-STL- LEFT STALL WARNING ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AOA VANE, OPS CK OK.SDR SWAA030557Bearing · wornDURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, RH ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY INSPECTION. R&R RH ELEVATOR PUSH ROD CRANK ASSY BEARING PER MM.SDR 2003FA0000353Tab · inoperativeELEVATOR TRIM TAB SYSTEM BECAME DIFFICULT TO OPERATIVE. IT BINDS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORIGINAL LUBRICANT HAD CONGEALED IN THE LONG TRIM TAB UNIT, FROM COCKPIT TO TAIL. THIS RESULTED IN AN NONFUNCTIONAL TRIM TAB. THE TRIM IS ENCASED INSIDE A LONG TUBSDR 2003FA0000352Tab · inoperativeELEVATOR TRIM TAB BECAME TIGHT AND HARD TO USE, AND FINALLY IT BECAME INOPERATIVE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO THIS PROBLEM, SINCE THE PART CONTAINING THE MOVABLE TRIM TAB IS ENCASED IN A TIGHT TUBE AND IT IS ABOVE THE OVERHEAD AND BELOW THE OUTER FABRIC SDR SWIA200311789Control Unit · malfunctionedBOTH STAB TRIM & MACH TRIM DISCONNECT IN FLIGHT, HARD TO RESET. ON LANDING, BOTH STAB AND MACH TRIM DISCONNECTED AGAIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED HSTCU IAW MM 27-41-01. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR SWAA030352Rod End · wornDURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, BOTH LT AND RT ELEVATOR TABS FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH LT AND RT ELEVATOR TAB PUSH RODS HARDWARE PER MM.SDR SWAA030097Bearing · wornDURING SCHEDULED C2 CHECK, BOTH LT AND RT ELEVATOR TABS FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH LT AND RT ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL ROD BEARING ASSY'S PER MM.SDR SWIA200211659Actuator · frozenELEVATOR TRIM FROZE IN FLIGHT AT 24,000 FT -31C DEGREES. AFTER DESCENDING TO ABOUT 12,000 FT WITH OAT AT -5C DEGREES IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATORS IAW MM 27-32-02. CABLES TENSIONED IAW MM 27-00-01. OPS CSDR CX7A194J28Bushing · excess playAIR RETURN - PITCH VIBRATION FELT THROUGH CONTROL YOKESDR SWIA200211629Actuator · frozenAT 16,000 IN ICING CONDITIONS THE ELEVATOR TRIM JAMMED IN MANUAL MODE. ELECTRIC TRIM WORKED NORMALLY AFTER LEAVING ICING CONDITIONS. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATORS IAW EMB MM 27-32-02. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR SWIA200211626Actuator · frozenTRIM ACTUATOR FROZE UP DURING CRUISE AT 22,000 FT. RETURNED TO SFO. REPLACED BOTH ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ACTUATORS IAW EMB 120 MM. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR SWAA022938Bearing · wornFLIGHT CONTROLS BINDING IN PITCH HEAVY FEEL. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE BEARING PER MM.SDR HNAA0200090Elevator · icedUNABLE TO PITCH DOWN WITH ELEVATOR IN FLIGHT, CAPTAIN SUSPECTS ICING. INSPECTED ELEVATOR AND TABS FOR PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND OPERATED ELEVATORS, NO DAMAGE NOTED OPERATED NORMAL.SDR SWAA022888Bearing · wornIN FLIGHT, ELEVATOR VERY STIFF. ON APPROACH ELEVATOR HAS DEAD BAND AREA. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD INPUT BEARING.SDR SWAA022775Rod End · wornDURING SCHEDULED SERVICE CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, LT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ELEVATOR TAB AFT OTBD CONTROL ROD END PER MM.SDR SWAA022664Bushing · wornDURING SCHEDULED SERVICE CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, LT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ELEVATOR TAB MAST FITTING OTBD BUSHING.SDR VNAA0211005Relay · failedDURING CLIMB, THE CREW ADVISED DISPATCH THAT THE NORMAL ELEVATOR TRIM WOULD NOT WORK IN THE NOSE DOWN DIRECTION. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK AND INDICATED THAT THE STANDBY TRIM WAS WORKING NORMALLY. FLIGHT 4100 WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO DIVERSDR SWAA022584Bearing · wornDURING SCHEDULED C4 CHECK, RT ELEVATOR FAILED FREEPLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ELEV TAB CONTROL ROD END BEARING AND BUSHING PER MM.SDR VNAA0210024Relay · failedDURING THE CLIMB, THE CREW REPORTED A MAIN ELEVATOR TRIM FAIL. THE CREW ENGAGED THE STANDBY TRIM AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. AFTER ARRIVAL IN PIT, MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE 59CC RELAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH DORNIER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 27-00-00. OPESDR RAIA00210289Circuit Breaker · trippedNR 1 PITCH TRIM FAILED. MAINTENANCE RESET BOTH PITCH TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKERS, OPS CHECK OK.SDR AUS20021155Cable · broken(AUS) ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE BROKEN.SDR SWIA200211254Actuator · faultyELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL HAS ABNORMAL RESISTANCE. DURING MANUAL MOVEMENT OF TRIM THERE IS GRINDING AND UNEVEN RESISTANCE. AFTER THOROUGH INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH LT & RT ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATORS GRINDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH LT & RT TRIM ACTUATORS IAW EMB 120SDR SWAA022160Bracket · wornDURING SCHEDULED C2 CHECK, SWA SI 11139-55, RT ELEVATOR TAB FAILED FREE PLAY CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL BRACKET PER MM.SDR SWAA022146Tab · vibratesAIRCRAFT VIBRATES MOMENTARILY WITH HIGH POWER SETTINGS AND/OR AERODYNAMIC LOAD. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ELEVATOR TAB PER MM.
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