Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
October 24, 2008
Submitted
December 15, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N663UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27160
Aircraft time
67,467 hours, 11,047 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Control Unit
Part number
2828001011
Part serial
103
Condition
Faulty
Location
Aileron
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
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

RUDDER AND AILERON TRIM EXCESSIVE WITH AILERON DEFLECTED. SUSPECT LEFT INBD AILERON STUCK IN UP POSITION, AS IND ON EICAS FLT CONT, IS DEFLECTED APPX HALF UP AND NOT RESPONDING TO INPUT. RUDDER AND AIL TRIM IS EXCESSIVE. AILERON FOR 6 HRS WAS ABOUT HALF DEFLECTED AND THEN WORKED ITS WAY TO ABOUT 1-4 DEFLECTION AS SEEN IN YOKE AND TRIM USED. FOUND LT INBOARD AIL, BOTH LT & CNTR SYS PCA'S HAVE QUICK DROOP & ARE BYPASSING (BOTH PCA'S MANUAL MANIPULATION WITH SYS PRESS APPLIED). REPLACED CTR SYS PCA. REPLACED LT INBOARD & OUTBOARD AILERON LEFT SYSTEM PCA. REPLACED RT NR 7 OVERRIDE SPOILER ACTUATOR & LT SPOILER OVERRIDE ACTUATOR.