Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 15, 2013
Submitted
January 17, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4049
Aircraft time
27,869 hours, 28,991 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3985001007
Part serial
00103
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Spoilers
Part time
14,930 hours, 15,801 cycles
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

ON CLIMBOUT AT APPROX. 4000' AGL, OUTBOARD SPOILER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUNINATED, PFCS INDICATED SPOILERS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. RETURNED TO FIELD, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. INTERROGATED CDS WITH NO RELATED FAULT CODES FOUND. AS A PRECAUTION, R & R THE FCECU IAW AMM TASK 27-00-01-000 & 400-802. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF THE FCECU IAW TASK 27-00-01-710-802 AND FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE FCECU IAW AMM TASK 27-00-01-720-801. ALL TEST GOOD, CAUTION DID NOT RETURN. COMPLETED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT CHECK, ENSURED FULL TRAVEL AND VERIIFIED PROPER DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT, NO DEFECTS NOTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.