Service difficulty report · Pca · Boeing 76733A

Difficulty date
September 28, 2018
Submitted
October 10, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351AX
Make and model
Boeing 76733A
Aircraft serial
27908
Aircraft time
85,927 hours, 13,040 cycles
Part
Pca
Part number
2828001011
Part serial
0673
Condition
Failed
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

EXCESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER TRIM (5 UNITS) REQ'D TO MAINTAIN LEVEL YOKE DURING CLIMB OR ON APPROACH WITH FLAPS OUT. ON GROUND DURING INITIAL FLAP EXTENSION, R INBD AILERON WAS NOTED SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN L INBD AILERON, BUT FLT CONTROL CHECK FELT & LOOKED OK. IN FLT ACFT REQ'D A LOT OF LEFT YOKE INPUT TO MAINTAIN HDG. THEN TRIMMED IT OUT WITH 5 UNITS RIGHT RUDDER TRIM IN CRUISE, WITH THROTTLES BACK. 2.5 UNITS RIGHT RUDDER TRIM REQ'D WITH FLAPS OUT NEEDED 4.5 UNITS RIGHT RUDDER TRIM. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVED AND TEMP INSTALLED LEFT INBOARD AILERON OUTBOARD PCA REQUIRES TORQUE AND RIG (BW 14641) CB'S PULLED: (12) 1) L ENG PUMP DEPRESS 2) ELEC CNT 1 3) ELEC CNT 1 4) SYS PRESS L 5) SYS PRESS CTR 6) R ENG PUMP DEPRESS 7) ELEC CTR 2 8) ELEC L 9) SYS PRESS R 10) L ENG PUMP SUPPLY 11) R ENG PUMP SUPPLY 12) AIR PUMP FLY CONTROL VALVE SHUTOFF SWITCHES (OFF) WING ONLY INSTALLED LEFT INBOARD AILERON OUTBOARD PCA IAW AMM 27-11-48. OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME. PERFORMED AILERON CONTROL CABLE SYSTEM IAW 27-11-00 ALL RIG PINS SLIPPED IN EXCEPT A13 AND A14 PERFORMED RIG CK AND ADJUSTMENT OF RT DROOP ANGLE GEAR BOX PER AMM 27-51-40 CKS NORMAL AT THIS TIME.

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