What was found
DURING TAXI, ELEVATOR FELT LIKE IT WAS BINDING AND COULD NOT GET A GOOD TEST. DID BLOCK TURNBACK. REPLACED THE ELEVATOR LOAD SPRING ASSEMBLY IAW DC-8 MM 27-30-04. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- February 19, 2002
- Submitted
- March 13, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N816AX
- Make and model
- Doug DC863F
- Aircraft serial
- 46093
- Aircraft time
- 71,812 hours, 25,028 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2730 · Elevator Control System
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 3645797
- Part serial
- 19
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Elevator
- Part time
- 465 hours, 279 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.