Service difficulty report · Fcu · Amd FALCON10

Difficulty date
May 14, 2006
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Amd FALCON10
Aircraft time
11,165 hours
Engine
Garrtt TFE73121C
Part
Fcu
Condition
Inoperative
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) UPON RIGGING OF FCU, LOW IDLE STOPS ON THE THROTTLE QUADRANT WERE ADJUSTED TO ACHIEVE DESIRED 20 DEGREES ON THE FCU. THIS ADJUSTMENT WOULD NOT PHYSICALLY ALLOW THE QUADRANT TO DEPLOY THE THRUST REVERSERS. ENGINES WERE GROUND RUN AND FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE, ALTHOUGH THRUST REVERSERS WERE NOT CHECKED DURING GROUND RUN. THE THROTTLE QUADRANT ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE THRUST REVERSERS TO BE DEPLOYED IN ONE POSITION. NOTE THAT THE ENGINE FCU MUST BE RIGGED AT THE IDLE POSITION ON THE QUADRANT TO ALLOW THE THRUST REVERSER TO BE DEPLOYED AND TO SET THE IDLE POSITION. (TC NR 20060515006)