Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 25, 2016
Submitted
February 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N433QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4210
Aircraft time
18,681 hours, 20,369 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3985001009
Part serial
00045
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Flt Controls
Part time
8,917 hours, 9,533 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

FCS ECU 1 CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED DURING CLIMBOUT. RETURNED TO FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. ROLL SPOILER INBD GROUND, PITCH TRIM ELEVATOR FEEL CAUTIONS ILLUMINATED ELEVATOR ASYMMETRY CAUTION ILLUMINATED ON LANDING ROLL OUT. R & R FLIGHT CONTROL ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT AMM TASK 27-00-01-000-802 AND 27-00-01-400-802 OPS AND FUNCTIONAL TEST GOOD. COMPLETED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT CHECK, ENSURED FULL TRAVEL AND VERIFIED PROPER DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT, NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW GPM 9.2, FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT CHECK, BREAKER REMAINED CLOSED GPM REF 9.2.2 FCECU WAS CHANGED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. FAULT CODES FOUND. LT POWER FAIL/CCDL. PBIT NOT RUN.