Service difficulty report · Cable · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 11, 2015
Submitted
January 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N963DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49982
Aircraft time
64,653 hours, 48,373 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Control Column
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING APPROACH THE CONTROL COLUMN STICKS IN PITCH AT 140KTS WHEN COLUMN PULLED BACK, REPEATED 5 TIMES. MAINTENANCE CHECKED ELEVATOR SYS AND INSPECTED FOR BROKEN/BINDING PULLEYS IN THE UPPER TAIL, UNDER COCKPIT FLOOR, AND BAG BIN CEILINGS. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. INSPECTED ELEVATOR BOOSTED ACTUATOR ATTACHING HARDWARE AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. ELEVATOR CABLES 3, 4, 5, AND 6 EACH HAD LOW TENSION BY 10LBS. ADJUSTED CABLE TENSIONS IAW AMM 27-30-00. SAFETIED AND INSPECTED CABLES AND CABLE ROUTING. NO DEFECTS FOUND.

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