Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
December 13, 2002
Submitted
January 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805DE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48476
Aircraft time
48,540 hours, 6,233 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Primary Trim
Stage of operation
AP
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

AT 5000 FT, FLAPS AT 15 AUTOPILOT NR 2 ENGAGED. RECEIVED STAB OUT OF TRIM AND STAB IN MOTION ALERTS. DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT AND A/C PITCHED UP 20 DEGREES. MANUALLY TRIMED STAB OK. CHECKED ELEVATOR RIGGING PER MM CHECKS OK. CHECKED HI RATE STAB TRIM OPERATION, ALL OK. REPLACED PRIMARY TRIM CONTROL VALVE PER MM 27- 43-40-4, NO LEAKS NOTED. RAN FUNCTION TEST OF HORIZONTAL STAB TRIM RATE AND ADJUSTMENT AND TEST SYST CHECKS OK.

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