Service difficulty report · Bolt · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 29, 2005
Submitted
December 2, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N413QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4060
Aircraft time
10,097 hours, 10,400 cycles
System (JASC)
5755 · Spoilers
Part
Bolt
Part number
NAS6604D25
Condition
Damaged
Location
Spoiler
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING HIGH SPEED CLIMB & CRUISE, AUTOPILOT ON 'MISTRIM RT WING DOWN' DISCONNECTED AP. MANUALLY RETRIM A/C TO HALF SCALE RT WING DOWN DURING APPROACH WITH FLAPS 15 DEG NEEDED TO START TAKING OUT THAT TRIM UNTIL FLAPS AT 35. NO RT WING DOWN NEEDED. MX PERFORMED GVI OF AILERON TO FLAP GAP SEALS & CONFIRMED SPOILERS REMAINED RETRACTED WITH HYD POWER APPLIED. NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF PITCH & ROLL ACTUATOR IAW AMM. NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED RT INBD SPOILER ATTACH POINT BOLTS & BUSHINGS & ADJUSTED CABLE TENSIONS BETWEEN AILERON SPLITTER QUADRANT TO AILERON TERMINAL QUADRANT & BETWEEN AILERON QUADRANT TO SPLITTER QUADRANT & ADJUSTED RT AILERON PUSH ROD. OCF PERFORMED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.