Service difficulty report · Control Mech · Bac AVRO146RJ70A

Difficulty date
July 25, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N833BE
Make and model
Bac AVRO146RJ70A
Aircraft serial
E1224
Part
Control Mech
Condition
Decoupled
Location
Aileron System
Stage of operation
AP
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

JFK - FLT 4838 - DURING FINAL APPROACH SEGMENT, ACFT ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM PRECEDING AIRBUS A340. ACFT ROLLED 35 DEG TO LEFT & AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED. PILOT APPLIED CORRECTIVE INPUT AT WHICH POINT AILERONS DECOUPLED (SYS SPLIT). ROLL CORRECTED & FLT CONTINUED LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX PERFORMED ALL FUNCTIONAL & OPERATIONAL CHECKS WITH NO DEFECTS FND. ACFT RETURNED TO SERV. SDR IS TO CLOSE OUT SDR OF 7-25-95 IN WHICH WAKE TURBULANCE ENCOUNTERED CAUSING AILERON SYS TO DECOUPLE. INVEST FND NO DEFECTS WITH INTERCONNECT UNIT. TESTING PERFORMED WITH NEW UNIT & UNIT INSTALLED AT TIME OF INCIDENT, ALL WITHIN DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. ORIG INTERCONNECT STRUT REINSTALLED & ACFT RETNED TO SERV.(X)