Service difficulty report · Cable · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 30, 2018
Submitted
April 2, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N959DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49978
Aircraft time
72,028 hours, 54,057 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Tight
Location
Pedal
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APPROACHING GATE, HAD NO BRAKES ON CAPTAIN`S SIDE. NORMAL HYDRAULIC QUANTITY AND PRESSURE. LEFT ENGINE ONLY TAXI WITH AUXILIARY AND TRANSFER PUMPS ON. PERFORMED A BRAKE HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM TEST IAW AMM WITH NO TROUBLE FOUND. TAXIED AIRCRAFT AND APPLIED FULL BRAKES THREE TIMES WITH NO ISSUES. MCC LOG ISSUED TO INSPECTED CAPTAIN'S RUDDER PEDAL ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM. FOUND CABLE TENSION TOO TIGHT AND DETENT LUG NOT FULLY ENGAGING DETENT SLOTS. SUSPECT PEDALS COULD HAVE MOVED AWAY FORWARD DURING BRAKING. ADJUSTED THE CABLE TENSION IAW AMM. DETENT LUG NOW FULLY ENGAGES DETENT SLOTS IN ALL POSITIONS.

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