Service difficulty report · Elevator System · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
July 30, 2015
Submitted
July 31, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N608AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55081
Aircraft time
28,971 hours, 26,170 cycles
Part
Elevator System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DUE TO A ELEVATOR SPLIT MESSAGE AFTER TAKEOFF. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW FIM 27-30. FCC 2 ELEVATOR POSITION READINGS WERE INCONSISTANT WITH FCC NR 1. SWAPPED FCC'S AND PROBLEM FOLLOWED. RETURNED FCC'S TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS. REPLACED FCC NR 2 AND ALL ELEVATOR POSITION READINGS WERE WITHIN TOLERANCE IAW AMM. ACCOMPLISHED NR 1 & NR 2 FCC AUTOLAND TESTS WITH POSITIVE RESULTS.

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