Service difficulty report · Elevator · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 13, 2011
Submitted
July 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N607FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48547
Aircraft time
65,177 hours, 14,644 cycles
Part
Elevator
Part number
NLC67432
Condition
Damaged
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND RT INBD ELEVATOR UNLOCKED. IN FLIGHT NO ABNORMAL FLIGHT CONTROL PROBLEMS. REMOVED RT ELEVATOR, INBD DETACHABLE IAW AMM 27-30-10-4-0. REMOVED RT ELEVATOR, INBD IAW AMM 27-30-20-4-0. INSTALLED RT INBD ELEVATOR, INBD AMM 27-30-20-4. INSTALLED RT DETTACHABLE INBD ELEVATOR IAW AMM 27-30-10-4. TEST OF THE ELEVATOR RANGE OF MOVEMENT SATISFACTORY. TEST FLIGHT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF HORIZ STABILIZER, AND THE ACFT IS RELEASED FOR TEST FLIGHT. TEST FLIGHT SATISFACTORY.

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