Service difficulty report · Rod End · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 17, 2004
Submitted
October 27, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48552
Aircraft time
41,452 hours, 5,947 cycles
Part
Rod End
Condition
Damaged
Location
Elev Feel Act
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON T/O, THE ACFT ROTATED EXTREMELY SLOW DUE TO ABNORMALLY HEAVY NOSE. CONTACTED GOC TO VERIFY LOAD. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH MX IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PAST HISTORY OF JET SUGGESTED FLT CONTROL PROBLEM. EMERGENCY DECLARED, FUEL DUMPED TO LANDING WEIGHT, CONTROL CHECK ACCOMPLISHED. FOLLOWED BY AUTOLAND. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DUPLEX ACT ROD END BOLT PER 27-32-01-4, CKD CLEARANCE OF THE ELEV LOAD FEEL ACT ROD END BOLT AND MECH IN ALL POS REF MD11MM 27-32-01-4. ALL CHK GOOD. ADJ THE AG CAM MARK WITH THE AH LEG PER MM 27-30-00-5 FOR THE BUS TUBE ASSY. RII C/W R/R FCC 1 AND FCC 2 PRECAUTIONARY. FCC RTS'S C/W. C/W THE CAT3B RTS. REF MD11 AMM 22-00-00-5.

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