SDR 97ZZZX4491

Service difficulty report · Elevator Pcp · Boeing 747121

Difficulty date
December 5, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N747GE
Make and model
Boeing 747121
Aircraft serial
19651
Part
Elevator Pcp
Part number
936005009
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Lt Inbd Elevator
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING FOR AN UNCOMMANDED AUTOPILOT PITCH UP WHEN THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED FROM 1 TO ZERO, A DISCREPANCY WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LT INBOARD ELEVATOR POWER CONTROL PACKAGE. WITH ALL HYDRUALIC POWER OFF TO THE TAIL AND CONTROL COLUMN IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION, WHEN THE NR 3 AND NR 4 HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS WERE PLACED ON (ONE AT A TIME), THE LT INBOARD ELEVATOR WENT TO THE FULL DOWN POSITION RAPIDLY. CHANGED ELEVATOR PCP AND FLIGHT TESTED OK.