SDR CHIA2018081063436

Service difficulty report · Flt Controls · Boeing 234

Difficulty date: August 6, 2018
Submitted: August 10, 2018
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N246CH
Make and model: Boeing 234
Aircraft serial: MJ017
Aircraft time: 17,948 hours, 10,247 cycles
System (JASC): 6700 · Rotorcraft Flight Control
Part: Flt Controls
Condition: Frozen
Part time: 14,320 hours
Stage of operation: DE
How discovered: 9
Nature of condition: F
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE THRUST LEVER FROZE, EVEN WHEN MAG BRAKE WAS RELEASED. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND ACFT SAFELY . RETURNED TO BASE AND SHUTDOWN FOR INVESTIGATION. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING AND COULD NOT CONFIRM ISSUE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THRUST CCDA, OPS CHECKS WERE PERFORMED, AND COULD NOT CONFIRM ISSUE AGAIN.

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