Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 28, 2019
Submitted
May 29, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49543
Aircraft time
81,606 hours, 63,133 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Spoiler
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRPLANE ROLLED LEFT WITH SPOILER DEPLOYMENT WITH AUTOPILOT ON OR OFF ALL SPEEDS. ALSO FELT IT WHEN ACTUATING AILERONS WHILE FLYING MANUALLY (SOME LEFT ROLL PRESSURE WHEN AILERONS NEUTRAL). GND SPOILER F/D CHECK IS OK. DID FLIGHT AND GROUND SPOILER VISUAL CHECK. 2 PANELS ON LEFT WING. 1 PANEL ON RIGHT BOTH GROUND & FLIGHT SPOILERS AIRPLANE WAS TRIMMED RIGHT (TO THE RIGHT). FOUND SPOILER CABLE 15A BROKEN IN RT WING JUST OUTBD OF RT LANDING GEAR. REPLACED CBLE PER AMM 27-60-00 AND ADJUSTED PER AMM 27-60-00. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK PER WORKCARD 2760-7293 OPS CHECK GOOD ALL. (LP5846732)

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