Service difficulty report · Aileron Controls · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
June 11, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N180DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
25985
Part
Aileron Controls
Condition
Fod
Location
Rt Mlg Ww
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
F, C
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON TAXI OUT DURING FLT CONTROL CK, COULD NOT GET FULL LEFT AILERON CONTROL WHEEL TRAVEL AND THE EICAS DISPLAY INDICATION WOULD NOT MOVE FULL SCALE. RETURNED TO GATE. PERFORMED BITE OF STCMS, CHECKED OK AND NO FAULT FOUND. DURING T/S FOUND A SMALL ROCK PEBBLE JAMMED IN RT WING AILERON CABLE QUADRANT JUST O/B OF RT LCCA LOCATED RT WHEEL WELL. REMOVED PEBBLE, INSPECTED QUADRANT AND CABLE FOUND OK. AILERONS NOW OPS CKS NORMAL.