SDR F3LA99083

Service difficulty report · Pcu · Boeing 7372L9

Difficulty date
June 21, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270FL
Make and model
Boeing 7372L9
Aircraft serial
22733
Part
Pcu
Part number
654476114
Condition
Failed
Location
Aileron
Stage of operation
AP
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

DEN - ON FINAL APPROACH, AT ABOUT 8,000 FT AND 10 MILES OUT, FIRST OFFICER INITIATED A RIGHT TURN TO FINAL COURSE. AILERON CONTROL BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF AND FIRST OFFICER COULD NOT ROLL AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE TURN, EVEN USING APPROX 80 LBS OF FORCE. CAPTAIN ASSISTED FIRST OFFICER AND ROLLED AIRCRAFT TO LEVEL FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED A AND B SYSTEM AILERON PCUS AS A PRECAUTION ADN R 2 FLIGHT SPOILER ACTUATOR DUE TO CHATTERING AND INTERNAL BYPASSING. PERFORMED GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF FLAP TRACKS, CARRIAGES, TOGGLES, SPINDLES AND AILERON CABLES, AND QUADRANTS, WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. TWO BEARINGS SEIZED, CADMIUM PLATING MISSING, FILTER DIRTY, IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS OTHER DISCREPANCIES. DUE TO THE

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