Service difficulty report · Structure · Boeing 7372B7

Difficulty date
July 16, 2000
Submitted
December 28, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N268AU
Make and model
Boeing 7372B7
Aircraft serial
22880
Part
Structure
Part number
65794256
Condition
Vibration
Location
Rt Elev
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PVD - FLT 2851 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM BOS, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A CONTINUOUS AIRFRAME VIBRATION OF UNKNOWN SOURCE. ATTEMPTS TO ISOLATE THE NATURE OF THE SOURCE WERE NO HELP. THE ONLY IMPROVEMENT WAS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO 250 KNOTS. CAPTAIN THOUGHT OF DIVERTING TO EITHER BWI OR PHL, BUT SOON FELT IT WAS BEST TO GET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO PVD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. (X)

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