SDR 9902135527

Service difficulty report · Control Mixer · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
June 18, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N527US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
23842
Part
Control Mixer
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Aileron
Stage of operation
CL
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

EN ROUTE DTW-SFO CLIMBING THROUGH FL180, CREW REPORTED UNCOMMANDED RIGHT AILERON MOVEMENT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ORD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LATERAL CONTROL MIXER AND RIGGED THE AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM. AILERON SYSTEM TESTS WERE SATISFACTORY.