Service difficulty report · Damper · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
June 17, 2004
Submitted
June 18, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N491SH
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49150
Aircraft time
59,078 hours, 38,063 cycles
Part
Damper
Part number
5918125501
Part serial
DCC2521
Condition
Jammed
Location
Lt Aileron
Part time
33,081 hours, 27,870 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
D

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What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, DURING TAXING AND ELEVATOR CONTROL TEST, CAPTAIN REPORTED ELEVATOR JAMMED. ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND DAMAGE WAS DETECTED IN CONTROL COLUMN DURING MOVEMENT OF NOSE DOWN. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE, ELEVATOR CABLES AND PULLEYS WERE VERIFIED IAW MM 27-30-00, TAIL CONE AND CARGO COMPARTMENTS WERE CHECKED, ALL CORRECT. LT ELEVATOR CONTROL VALVE AND HYDRAULIC MULTIPLE WERE REPLACED IAW MM 27-30-07 AND 27-33-08, RESPECTIVELY, TEST CORRECT.

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