What was found
PITCH CONTROL DURING CLIMBOUT WAS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. HEAVY DOWNWARD FORCE WOULD COME AND GO. CONTROLL COLUMN WOULD OSCILLATE.REPLACED RH ELEVATOR INBOARD ACTUATOR PER MM 27-30-00-710-801/802.
- Difficulty date
- January 29, 2019
- Submitted
- February 1, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N279UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48573
- Aircraft time
- 73,500 hours, 13,926 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2730 · Elevator Control System
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 1536400503
- Part serial
- 0204
- Condition
- Unserviceable
- Location
- Rt Elevator
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.