Service difficulty report · Pcu · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 3, 2014
Submitted
January 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4156
Aircraft time
16,231 hours, 17,568 cycles
Part
Pcu
Part number
3907001007
Part serial
0672
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Spoilers
Part time
16,231 hours, 17,568 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
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

DURING APPROACH, PASSING 4000FT, AFTER DISENGAGING AUTO-PILOT. LEFT OTBD SPOILER DEPLOYED UNTIL TOUCHDOWN. ON TOUCHDOWN ALL SPOILERS DEPLOYED NORMAL. WHEN FLIGHT/TAXI SWITCH SELECTED TO TAXI, ALL SPOILERS RETRACTED NORMAL. SPOILER DEPLOYED WITH IAS BELOW 170 KNOTS IT WAS VISUALLY CONFIRMED THAT THE SPOILER WAS DEPLOYED ABOUT HALFWAY AND DIDN'T CHANGE POSITION WITH CONTROL INPUTS. NO OTHER CONDITION OR ADVISORY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. INTERROGATED CDS NO FAULTS FOUND IN CDS PERFORMED OPS TEST OF THE SPOILER SYS IAW AMM 27-61-00-710-801. OPS TEST SATISFACTORY. NO UNCOMMANDED OTBD SPOILER DEPLOYMENT DURING OPS TEST. REMOVED LT OTBD SPOILER POWER CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM TASK 27-61-16-000-801. REPLACED W/ SERVICABLE POWER CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM TASK 27-61-16-400-801. OPS CHECK OF ROLL SPOLIER SYS GOOD IAW AMM TASK 27-61-00-710-801. RETURNED TO SERVICE.