Service difficulty report · Feel Unit · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
April 28, 2009
Submitted
April 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N712QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
073
Aircraft time
4,747 hours, 2,892 cycles
Part
Feel Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Ailerons
Stage of operation
CR
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 FL390 WITH AUTO PILOT ON ACFT APPEARED TO BE DUTCH ROLLING. WITH AP OFF, ACFT AILERONS ARE VERY STIFF & DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. ROLLS STARTED AT 2 DEGREES & FINALLY WAS DOING 15 DEGREES. SAT WAS -60 AND DECENDED TO FL 270. PROBLEM GREATLY REDUCED WITH TEMP SAT - 30. APPROACH & LANDING, PROBLEM COMPLETLY RESOLVED. SERVICED AILERLON ARTIFICIAL FEEL SPRING UNIT. REMOVED OLD SILICONE GREASE & APPLIED NEW SILICONE GREASE. CYCLED AILERON SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES & CHECKED SYSTEM FOR FULL & FREE MOVEMENT WITHOUT BINDING. ALL WORK IN REFERENCE TO MM 27-10-35