Service difficulty report · Terminal · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
October 20, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft time
3,759 hours
Engine
Garrtt TFE7315BR
Part
Terminal
Condition
Corroded
Location
Autopilot
Part time
3,958 hours
Component
Autopilot Flap · 1021422
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) FLIGHT COMMAND BARS FLUCTUATING IN ALT MODE AS WELL AS OTHER VERTICAL MODES. TROUBLESHOOTING CONFIRMED FLIGHT COMMAND BARS WERE FLUCTUATING UP TO +/- 10 DEGREES. FOUND FLAP COMPENSATION WIRING AT AVIONICS PANEL JA IN THE RT WING MX COMPARTMENT (ACCESS PANEL W 502), HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO INADEQUATE SEALING OF THE W502 ACCESS PANEL. A CORRODED CONTACT WAS FOUND ON PANEL JA, TERMINAL BLOCK C2G AND WAS REPLACED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TERMINAL BLOCK, THE WIRE AT CONTACT C2B APPEARED TO BE ONLY HELD ON BY A FEW STRANDS OF WIRE AND WAS DISLODGED FROM TERMINAL BLOCK WHEN MOVED. THIS CONTACT WAS REPLACED AND TERMINAL BLOCK WAS CLEANED. THIS ACTION RESOLVED THE COMMAND BAR SNAG AND THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR SYS WAS TESTED WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. ACCESS PANEL W502 WAS INSPECTED AND RE-INSTALLED.