SDR ASAA954002

Service difficulty report · Control Mech · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
February 21, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N783AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25114
Part
Control Mech
Condition
Binding
Location
Ailerons
Part time
963 hours
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

LAX - FLT 533 - DURING CLIMB-OUT, THE A/C DID NOT RESPOND WELL TO ROLL CNTRL. IT WAS SLOW TO RESPOND TO ROLL INPUT. BETWEEN 0 AND 60 YOKE DEFLECTION THERE WAS A DEAD SPOT NOTED. AS AIRSPEED INCREASED THE ROLL RATE IMPROVED BUT WAS NOT NORMAL UP TO 280 KTS AND MACH .74 AT 28,000 FT. FLT WAS DIVERTED TO LAX. REPLACED 'A' AND 'B' SYS AILERON PWR CNTRL UNITS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. ACCOMPLISHED FULL FLT CONTROL CHECK ON TEST FLT AND SYS OP NORMALLY. MX REPLACED THE AILERON TRIM ACT FOR T/S. MX REPLACED THE AILERON TWR SHAFT ASSY (AILERON CENTERING MECH P/N 657596025) AND THE LOST MOTION DEVICE ASSY (AILERON TRANSFER MECH P/N 655420016) AS FINAL CORRECTIVE ACTION. (W)

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