Service difficulty report · Pseu · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
July 5, 2005
Submitted
July 9, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N881LF
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53051
Aircraft time
42,649 hours, 30,729 cycles
Part
Pseu
Part number
833605
Part serial
50
Condition
Failed
Location
Rudder
Part time
228 hours, 139 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DUE TO RUDDER TRAVEL UNRESTRICTED, FLAP SLAT DISAGREE AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR RED LIGHTS TURNED ON. BITE TO SWC AND PSEU PERFORMED, NOT CONFIRMING FAILURE. TECHNICAL PERSONNEL SENT TO STATION AND PSEU REPLACED IAW MM 32-60-04, FLAP-SLAT OPERATIONAL TESTS AND ENGINE RUNNING TEST IN FLIGHT MODE WERE PERFORMED, ALL CORRECT. ADDITIONALLY, RUDDER RESTRICTION TEST PERFORMED AND BOTH WING PROXIMITY SENSORS CLEANED, TESTED CORRECT. OVERWEIGHT LANDING CHECK PERFORMED IAW MM 05-51-04, ALL CORRECT.

More about the Doug MD 83