Service difficulty report · Pca · Boeing 767300

Difficulty date
September 10, 2026
Submitted
September 11, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N664UA
Make and model
Boeing 767300
Aircraft serial
29236
Aircraft time
97,120 hours, 20,016 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Pca
Part number
2828001009
Part serial
2022
Condition
Faulted
Location
Lt Aileron
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

REPEAT WRITEUP. LT WING INBD AILERON NOT FULLY STOWED INFLIGHT. MULTIPLE FLT CONTROL ISSUES ON FINAL DUE TO WINGS HAVING MISMATCHED AILERON POSITIONS & RT WING HAVING TO CORRECT FOR LT WINGS POSITION. LT INBD AILERON SITTING HIGH IN FLT, ACRT ON RT AUTOPILOT. VERIFIED AILERON SITS HIGH WHEN POWERED BY CTR HYD SYS. BUT SITS FAIRED WHEN POWERED BY LT SYS. CHK RIGGING OF LT INBD AILERON PCU`S MCDP TEST 67 CARRIED OUT, CENTER HYDS CAUSE INBD AILERON TO KICK UP & PCA MAKES LOUD CAVITATING NOISE LT INBD AILERON INBD PCA DISCOVERED TO BE KNOCKING, GETTING VERY WARM DURING OPS. SUSPECT U/S ON FIT PCA. PCA REMOVED IAW AMM 27-11-48-022-003. PCA INSTALLED IAW AMM 27-11-48-422-040. INBD AILERON PCA, OP CHKD IAW AMM 27-11-48-422-040, PARA I. MCDP TESTS 7, 67, & 40, ALSO COMPLETED IAW FIM 22-03-00/101, FAULT TREES 807, 820, & FIM 22-04-00-101 FAULT TREE 814. NO FAULTS FOUND DURING OPS CHKS.

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