Service difficulty report · Bearing · Emb ERJ190100IGW

Difficulty date
March 10, 2017
Submitted
March 13, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N249JB
Make and model
Emb ERJ190100IGW
Aircraft serial
19000045
Aircraft time
29,589 hours, 18,542 cycles
Part
Bearing
Condition
Dirty
Location
Ailerons
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE FLIGHT CONTROLS IN THE ROLL MODE WERE STICKING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAND FLOWN. THE STICKING OF THE CONTROLS GOT WORSE THE HIGHER THE AIRCRAFT WENT. AUTO PILOT WORKED WELL. NO NOTICE OF ONLY ISSUES OF FL280 OF 290 - 310 KTS. DECENT REMAINED THE SAME WAY ON APPROACH. ONCE SLOWED, THE ROLL RESPONSE WAS SLOW AND THE FLIGHT CONTROLS STILL WAS STICKING. FOUND LT AND RT QUADRANT TORQUE TUBE ASSYS BEARINGS WERE DIRTY AND STIFF. THE AILERON FUSELAGE SECTOR BEARING WAS CLEANED WITHOUT REMOVING THE BEARING ASSEMBLY. ALSO ACCOMPLISHED AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATIONAL TEST. TESTED OK.

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