Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
March 7, 2007
Submitted
March 8, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4147
Aircraft time
135 hours, 102 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3985001007
Part serial
00385
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Elevators
Part time
136 hours, 103 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

SEA-BTM FLIGHT NR 2328: ELEVATOR ASSY CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. C/W CHECKLIST. DISENGAGED THE AUTO PILOT AND REDUCED AIRSPEED TO 200 KIAS. ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE NORMAL. UPON THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, BELOW 40 KTS, THE ELEVATOR ASSY CAUTION LIGHT WENT OUT. THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO GEG. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED FIM TASK 24-30-00-810-801. ELEVATOR ASYMMETRY CAUTION LIGHT DID NOT COME ON DURING OPS TEST. CDS CURRENT FAULTS WERE 'ADC FAILURE' (X2) AND 'ELEV ASSY' FAILURE. ALL FAULTS CLEARED AND DID NOT REOCCUR AFTER OPS TEST. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, PERFORMED GVI OF LT AND RT ELEVATOR PCU INSTALLATION. NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECKED CDS ELE RIT STATUS. ASYMMETRY WITHIN LIMITS. REPLACED FCECU IAW AMM 27-