Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
January 26, 2003
Submitted
January 28, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46064
Aircraft time
84,852 hours, 34,527 cycles
Part
Bellcrank
Part number
3644322509
Condition
Cracked
Location
Spoilers
Part time
84,852 hours, 34,527 cycles
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

AFTER TAKEOFF SPOILER EXTENDED LIGHT ILLUM. ACFT EXHIBITED INAPROPRIATE FLT CHARACTERISTICS. RETURNED FOR UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX NOTED SPOILER HYD RESERVOIR LOW. MX SERVICED SPOILER RESERVOIR, INSPECTED SPOILER PANELS, CABLES, ACTUATORS AND ALL NORMAL. RETURNED TO SERVICE. UPON SUBSEQUENT TAKEOFF CLIMB SPOILER EXTEND LIGHT AGAIN ILLUMINATED. ACFT EXHIBITED INAPROPRIATE FLT CHARACTERISTICS. ABORTED CLIMB, RETURNED FOR UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX INSPECTION REVEALED BROKEN INBD & OUTBOARD SPOILER CRANK ASSY ON INBD LT WING GROUND SPOILER. BOTH CRANK ARMS REPLACED, REPLACEMENT OF SPOILER TAKEOFF WARNING SWITCH ALL MX INCLUDING A OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION PERFORMED PER APPLICABLE ACFT MM.

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