Service difficulty report · Pulley · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
June 28, 2014
Submitted
July 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
549
Aircraft time
41,815 hours, 16,469 cycles
Part
Pulley
Part number
NSA812111
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Aileron
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE CLIMB WITH AUTO PILOT NR 2 ON WHEN THE SLATS WERE RETRACTED THE ACFT GAVE VERY HARD TO THE RT. THE AILERONS COMPENSATED BY GOING LT 6 UNITS. AT THIS POINT WE CHECKED THE FLIGHT CONTROL POS PAGE & SPOILERS 7, 6 & 5 ON THE LT WING WERE UP. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE AUTO PILOT EVENTUALLY THE SPOILERS CAME DOWN. BUT THE AILERONS STILL SHOWED HANDS LT. CONSULTED QRH & DECIDED TO RETURN FOR AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE PULLEY AT RT WING ROOT (IPC 27-11-05-2/ITEM90, P/N:NSA8121-11) PER AMM 20-29-11-00, PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT OF CONTROL CABLE TENSION PER AMM27-10-00-05, CHECKED NML, PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST PER AMM 27-11-00-05 SATIS. FLIGHT TEST SATISFACTORY.

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