Service difficulty report · Control Unit

Difficulty date
January 25, 2011
Submitted
September 9, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Misoverhauled
Location
Spoilers
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INSTALLED 13 HRS, 16 CYCLES, FLIGHT SPOILERS CAUTION MESSAGE AT GATE UNIT. R & R AT ACFT IAW AMM AND UNIT RETURNED TO MFG FOR REPAIR. UPON INVESTIGATION THAT THERE ARE SUSPECTED UNAPPROVED PARTS AND INCORRECT SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON THE CIRCUIT CARDS. INCOMING INSPECTION OF THE SPOILER ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT HAS REVEALED THAT QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION, SEALS WERE BROKEN AND COMPONENTS FITTED ON 2 DIFFERENT ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT APPROVED OR SPECIFIED BY THE ORIGINAL MFG FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. ASSEMBLIES: -NTERFACE ASSEMBLY PN 7743-00258-01, SN 02193 PARTS AFFECTED: PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE U1 & U101 ARE NOT AS SPECIFIED IN CMM AND ARE LABELLED RJHC INSTEAD OF RJNN (INCORRECT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INSTALLED FOR THE CONFIGURATION OF THE UNIT) -OUTPUT COMMON ASSY, PN 7743-00272-02, SN 02130, PARTS AFFECTED: FUSE F2 & F3 ARE NOT AS SPECIFIED IN THE OEM CMM. A SUSPECTED UNAPPROVED PARTS REPORT WILL BE FILED WITH THE FAA.