Service difficulty report · Pcu · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
January 15, 2008
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft time
66,426 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Pcu
Part number
129307
Part serial
1862
Condition
Frozen
Location
Aileron
Part time
13,147 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) THE AC ARRIVED AT DESTINATION AND WAS ON A TURN-AROUND WHEN THE CREW NOTICED ON TAXI OUT, THAT THE AILERONS HAD FROZEN UP. THE AC RETURNED TO THE RAMP WHERE MAINT INSPECTED THE SYS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AILERON POWER CONTROL UNIT HAD FROZEN UP. HEAT WAS PLACED ON THE PCU AND THE CONTROLS FREED UP. THE CONTROL UNIT WAS FLUSHED OF ALL WATER CONTAMINATES AND LUBRICATED. HEAT WAS APPLIED TO THE PCU FOR APPROX (4) HOURS. IT HAD BEEN NOTED BY FLIGHT CREW THAT THE AC HAD BEEN IN A RAINY ENVIRONMENT EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE AC WAS COLD SOAKED FOR (4) HOURS IN -10 DEGREES AND A 50KPH WIND. NO FURTHER FAULTS FOUND. (TC NR 20080115007)