Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 15, 2015
Submitted
February 19, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831US
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53021
Aircraft time
52,446 hours, 29,921 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, F
Precautionary procedure
B, H, A

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

What was found

CLIMBING THRU 28,000, APU GENERATOR AND NR 2 GENERATOR REPEATEDLY BOUNCED BETWEEN APU & NR 2 GEN UNTIL THE LT APU AC BUSS WAS SWITCHED OFF. AT THE SAME TIME, ACFT BEGAN TO OSCILLATE VIOLENTLY. DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. RAN THROUGH FLIGHT CONTROL OSCILLATING CHECKLIST AND NORMAL CHECKLIST. OSCILLATION CONTINUED ANYTIME A FORWARD OR AFT CONTROL INPUT WAS APPLIED WITH THE YOKE. AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FERRIED UNDER SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT DUE TO A NR 1 GENERATOR FAILURE INFLIGHT AND CSD DISCONNECT. ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND PARTS WERE SENT, WHERE THE LT GENERATOR AND CSD WERE REPLACED IAW MM 24-10-01. NR 1 GENERATOR SYSTEM OPS AND LEAK CHECK WAS GOOD. THE APU WAS DEFERRED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED DFGC STANDARD CHECKS IAW MM 22-01-05, STALL WARNING CHECK IAW MM 34-19-00, WINDSHEAR TESTS IAW GROUND FUNCTIONAL TEST PROCEDURE 3257-TP-001, AUTOPILOT CHECKS IAW MM 22-01-05. ALL OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD. EXTERIOR OF ACFT WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED TO INCLUDE ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS. FUNCTIONAL CHECKED AILERONS, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZER, ELEVATORS AND RUDDER. INSPECTED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER JACKSCREW IAW MM 27-40-01. INSPECTED ELEVATOR CONTROL, GEARED AND ANTI-FLOAT TABLES IAW MM 27-30-00. INSPECTED ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLES THAT WERE EXPOSED. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED AND ALL OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD. PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF ALL GENERATORS AND CROSS-TIE IAW MM 24-20-00. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. SUBSEQUENTLY THE ACFT WAS SATISFACTORILY TEST FLOWN AND NO FLIGHT CONTROL OSCILLATIONS WERE NOTED. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT DIRTY POWER CAUSED BY THE CROSS-TIE CYCLING IN FLIGHT DUE TO APU GENERATOR PROBLEMS CAUSED THE FLIGHT CONTROL OSCILLATION.

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