Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 8, 2009
Submitted
December 31, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24744
Aircraft time
66,647 hours, 21,381 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Damaged
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
CR
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

HEAVY ELEVATOR FORCES. WORSE AT SLOWER SPEEDS, ALSO WITH RT HYD SYS OFF FORCES IMPROVE. ACP ELEV FEEL FORCE TEST. FOUND 3 LB ABOVE MAX ALLOWED. REPLACED ELEVATOR NEUTRAL SHIFT MECHANISM. ACP ELEV RIG AND FORCE CHECK. GROUND OPS CHK OKAY.