Service difficulty report · Spoiler · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 4, 2005
Submitted
December 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4047
Aircraft time
10,717 hours, 11,195 cycles
Part
Spoiler
Condition
Unknown
Location
Left
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

SEA FLT NR 2316: DURING, AFTER START, CHECKLIST LT INBD SPOILER SHOWS UP ON PFS. NO OTHER CAUTION LIGHT ON. MX FOUND NO FAULTS IN CDS, EPCU, OR PROX SENSOR BOX. PLACED HYD PRESS ON NR 1 AND NR 2 SYSTEMS. WITH PWR LEVERS AT DISC TO FLT IDLE, DISCREPANCY EXITS. WHEN PLA MOVED GREATER THAN 12 DEG ABOVE FLIGHT IDLE, ALL SPOILER RETRACT. AFTER THIS ACTION, SPOILERS ACTED NORMALLY THROUGHOUT ALL PLA ANGLES AND COMBINATIONS OF FLT/TAXI SWITCH. A/C POWER WAS NEVER RESET. PROBLEM DOES NOT RETURN. C/W OPS TEST OF THE ROLL SPOILER SYSTEM IAW Q400 MM TASK 27-61-00-710-801 AND FUNC TEST OF THE GROUND SPOILERS SYSTEM IAW Q400 MM TASK 27-62-00-720-801. NO FAULTS NOTED. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO PARTS REPLACED. A/C RETUR