Service difficulty report · Cable · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 5, 2017
Submitted
October 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48554
Aircraft time
82,338 hours, 16,793 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

LOW SPEED REJECT DUE TO UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WITH RUDDERS. ACFT NOSE WENT LT & WITH FULL RT RUDDER, ACFT CONTINUED TURNING LT. AFTER REJECT, TAXIED TO THE TAXIWAY & OBSERVED BRAKE TEMP. LT MAIN BRAKES TWICE AS HOT AS RT MAINS. HIGHEST TEMPS 173 DEG BEFORE TAXI BACK TO GATE. TEMPS AS HIGH AS 253 DEGS. TROUBLESHOT IAW FIM 32-50-04, BLOCK 2, FOUND THE CABLE TENSIONS OUT OF TOLERANCE, ADJUSTED NOSE WHEEL STEERING FOLLOW UP CABLES IAW MM 32-50-00-5, TENSION WITHIN LIMITS. PERFORMED A TEST OF STEERING COLLAR RANGE OF MOVEMENT IAW MM 32-50-00. TAXI CHECKED IAW JRH AND MM 09-20-00-2. ALL STEERING, RUDDER & TILLER NORMAL. ALL BRAKE TEMPS NORMAL. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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