Service difficulty report · Ahrs · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
June 25, 2011
Submitted
June 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N258JQ
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145768
Aircraft time
19,226 hours, 16,915 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
15,372 hours, 15,223 cycles
Part
Ahrs
Part number
HG2011AC03
Part serial
56000973
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 100
Part time
19,235 hours, 16,923 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT DURING FLIGHT RECEIVED AND AILERON MISTRIM MESSAGE AND THAT THE AILERONS WERE BINDING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN RIGHT. THE CREW FORCED THE AILERONS FREE AND THE AIRCRAFT FLEW NORMALLY THE REST OF THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO CMH AND FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED. AS A RESULT, BOTH AHRS COMPUTERS WERE REPLACED, ALONG WITH THE LEFT RVDT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TEST FLOWN FOR OVER AN HOUR WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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