Service difficulty report · Rheostat · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
January 16, 2011
Submitted
January 19, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N848SH
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49848
Aircraft time
47,342 hours, 26,332 cycles
Part
Rheostat
Part number
7446121
Part serial
140384
Condition
Damaged
Location
Aileron
Part time
38,540 hours, 21,935 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING TAXING AND WHEN IT WAS TURNED WITH AUTOPILOT SELECTED, THE FLIGHT CONTROLS DID VIBRATION. MX PERSONNEL REPLACED THE DUPLEX AILERON SERVO BRACKET RHEOSTAT IAW MM 22-11-01 AND THE DFGS STATUS/TEST (STP) PANEL WAS CHECKED IAW MM 22-01-05, TESTED CORRECT.

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