Service difficulty report · Feel Unit · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
June 16, 2011
Submitted
June 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N258JQ
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145768
Aircraft time
19,208 hours, 16,898 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
15,354 hours, 15,206 cycles
Part
Feel Unit
Part number
3670001005
Part serial
0785
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Aileron
Part time
19,218 hours, 16,907 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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 THE FLIGHT TO KSDF WITH THE AUTO PILOT ON MEL, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE AILERONS LOCKED UP SEVERAL TIMES DURING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN KSDF. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AILERON CABLES AND FOUND NO DEFECTS. THE AILERON ARTIFICIAL FEEL UNIT WAS REPLACED AS THE NEXT STEP IN THE FIM TASK TROUBLESHOOTING, AND DURING OPS CHECKS, THE LEFT AILERON DAMPER WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH AILERON DAMPERS AS A PRECAUTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TEST FLOWN WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED AT THAT TIME.

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