Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
October 13, 2012
Submitted
October 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N755AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25096
Aircraft time
64,433 hours, 37,228 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM563C1
Part
Control Cable
Part number
BMS7265
Condition
Broken
Location
Right Wing
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

AT ROTATION, NOTICED SLIGHT LT YAW. DURING CLIMBOUT NOTICED SIGNIFICANT LT AILERON TO MAINTAIN WINGS LEVEL, APPROX 2.5 UNITS. AT CRUISE FL280 BETWEEN 3 TO 3.5 UNITS LT AILERON TRIM REQUIRED. FUEL BALANCED AND THRUST SYMMETRICAL. MAX MACH WAS .765. ATEMPTED TO ZERO OUT TRIM RESULTED IN RAPID ROLL TO RIGHT. SLIGHT HARMONIC VIBRATION, LOUD AIR NOISE AFT CABIN. DIVERTED TO LAS. REPLACED BROKEN WSB2-4 CONTROL CABLE FOR FLIGHT SPOILER NR 6 AND FRAYED WSB1-4 CONTROL CABLE FOR THE NR 7 FLIGHT SPOILER IAW MM20-10-91-404-002 AND STIFF/FROZEN SPOILER CABLE PULLEYS AT STATIONS 390 (WRAP AROUND PULLEYS) AND STATIONS 290 IAW MM20-10-09-404-007. ADJUSTED THE CONTROL CABLES IAW MM27-61-00-825-002. SPOILER CONTROL SYSTEM TEST GOOD IAW MM27-61-00-735-003. ALSO ADJUSTED THE NR 7 SPOILER INPUT ARM IAW MM27-61-00-715-001. GENERAL VISUAL INSP OF THE LT WING FLIGHT SPOILER SYS REVEALED NO FURTHER DEFECTS. YAW, EXCESSIVE AILERON INPUT, SLIGHT VIBRATION, AND NOISE DUE TO NR 6 FLIGHT SPOILER REMAINING NEARLY FULLY DEPLOYED DURING FLIGHT.

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