Service difficulty report · Flt Controls · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
October 17, 2011
Submitted
October 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N879AS
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7600
Aircraft time
22,872 hours, 20,460 cycles
Part
Flt Controls
Condition
Erratic
Stage of operation
CR
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

ACFT AGGRESSIVELY ROLLED RT WHEN FLAPS SELECTED FROM 30 TO 45. REQUIRED MORE THAN HALF SCALE LWD AILERON TRIM, AT WHICH TIME AILERON CONTROL BECAME ERRATIC DURING NORMAL CORRECTIONS. THERE WAS 'NULL' ZONE AT CENTER OF AILERON TRAVEL AND 'JERKS' WITH SMALL LT AND RT AILERON INPUTS. AUTOPILOT OFF. EMERGENCY DECLARED FL 5300, PERFORMED RIG CHECK OF AILERON CONTROL SYS IAW AMM 27-11-00, PERFORMED OPS TEST OF AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM IAW AMM 27-11-00, PERFORMED OPS TEST OF FLAP CONTROL SYS IAW AMM 27-51-00, CLEANED FLAP UPPER SURFACE AT SEAL POINT TO T/E OF WING SURFACE IAW AMM 51-26-00. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF FLAP FECU IAW AMM 27-51-05, NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.