Service difficulty report · Droop Unit · Airbus A300B4605R

Difficulty date
April 14, 2017
Submitted
May 26, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N733FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4605R
Aircraft serial
715
Aircraft time
43,548 hours, 22,511 cycles
Part
Droop Unit
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Lt Wing
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

WITH POWER LEVERS EVEN THRUST, ACFT REQUIRED 1.5 DEGREES OR MORE, LEFT RUDDER TRIM. ACFT WANTED TO ROLL RT AT LEFT 1.5 DEG RUDDER TRIM, SLIP INDICATOR SHOWED ACFT REQUIRING MORE LEFT RUDDER TRIM. NO SPOILER FLOAT NOTED. ACFT SEEMS TO WANT TO ROLL TO RIGHT. AIRSPEED= 250, 300, 320, ALL SAME INDICATIONS, ALT= 10,000, 18,000, 25,000, ALL SAME INDICATIONS. ADJUSTMENTED THE LT WING DIFFERENTIAL AND DROOP UNIT IAW AMM 27-10-00-05, STEP 2.

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