Service difficulty report · Aileron · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 9, 2017
Submitted
February 13, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4246
Aircraft time
18,029 hours, 19,238 cycles
Part
Aileron
Condition
Iced
Location
Right
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER ENGINE START, RELEASED THE CONTROL LOCK AND PERFORMED A CONTROL CHECK IAW NORMAL PROCEDURES, DISCOVERED A ROLL CONTROL BIND. PULLED THE ROLL DISCONNECT AND DISCOVERED THE CAPTAIN'S CONTROLS ARE FREE BUT THE FO'S CONTROLS ARE STILL BINDING. ON ARRIVAL, PERFORMED GVI OF FLIGHT CONTROLS, FOUND ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE RT AILERON AND RT WING TIP AREA. REMOVED ICE AND INSPECTED AREA FOR DAMAGE. NONE NOTED. INTERROGATED CDS, NO FAULTS LOGGED. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM IAW AMM TASK 27-10-00-710-801. SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD. COMPLETED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT CHECK, ENSURED FULL TRAVEL AND VERIFIED PROPER DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT, NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW GPM 9.2. RETURNED TO SERVICE.