Service difficulty report · Pcu · Bombdr BD7001A11

Difficulty date
September 25, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bombdr BD7001A11
Engine
Rroyce BR700710A220
Part
Pcu
Part number
3763001009
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Spoiler
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) FLIGHT CONTROL CHECKS ON GROUND, WITHOUT ANOMALY. TAXIING AND T/O WAS NORMAL. CLIMBING UP TO TO FL 410 , AT FL 355, SUDDENLY THE PLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT. THE FLIGHT SPOILER FAULT MSG APPEARED ON THE EICAS LCD. AIRPLANE LOST SIGNIFICANT SPEED AND LEVELED OFF IMMEDIATELY AT FL 360. AFTER THE QRH PROCEDURE, WE DECIDED IMMEDIATELY TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE, WITH PAN-PAN PRIORITY. THE F/A AND THE F/O AND THE PAX COULD ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SEE, THAT THE RT OTBD MULTIFUNCTION SPOILER (MFS) SURFACE (NR 4) WAS FULLY DEPLOYED. THE MFS POWER CONTROL UNIT (PCU) DIDN`T RESET FOR THE REST OF THE FLIGHT UNTIL RESETTING ON GROUND. AFTER IMMEDIATE PROCEDURE, WE LANDED SAFELY IN RWY 07L WITH A FULLY DEPLOYED MFS. MX TEAM CONFIRMED THE MFS PCU DEFECTIVITY (SLOW EXTEND/RETRACT) AND REPLACED IT. AIRPLANE RETURNED TO SERVICE AND FLEW WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.