B737 flight crew reported they were advised by inbound crew of a stiff aileron condition; but did no...

Attributes
ACN	1315239
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aileron
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 167 Flight Crew Type 1115
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 99 Flight Crew Type 629
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While in ZZZ; seated in the gate area; waiting for the inbound aircraft for our flight; the inbound captain approached me in the gate area and began briefing me on the status of the aircraft. The captain stated to me that the ailerons were 'extremely tight' and required more force than normal to control the aircraft. I asked if he had written it up or put anything in the logbook and he answered 'no'; but did give a detailed brief of his concerns to a mechanic now onboard the aircraft. Once I arrived onboard; I learned that a maintenance supervisor was now involved; boarding was held; and that the report was being taken very seriously and investigated. After talking with the mechanics onboard and raising my concerns for the safety of this aircraft; I decided to put a writeup in the logbook referencing what the inbound captain had told me of the ailerons being extremely tight and that it may be difficult to control the aircraft especially in a crosswind situation. The aircraft was taken out of service and we were swapped to a new plane for our flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported they were advised by inbound crew of a stiff aileron condition; but did not write it up. Local Maintenance took the aircraft out of service.

Narrative: While in ZZZ; seated in the gate area; waiting for the inbound aircraft for our flight; the inbound captain approached me in the gate area and began briefing me on the status of the aircraft. The captain stated to me that the ailerons were 'extremely tight' and required more force than normal to control the aircraft. I asked if he had written it up or put anything in the logbook and he answered 'no'; but did give a detailed brief of his concerns to a mechanic now onboard the aircraft. Once I arrived onboard; I learned that a maintenance supervisor was now involved; boarding was held; and that the report was being taken very seriously and investigated. After talking with the mechanics onboard and raising my concerns for the safety of this aircraft; I decided to put a writeup in the logbook referencing what the inbound captain had told me of the ailerons being extremely tight and that it may be difficult to control the aircraft especially in a crosswind situation. The aircraft was taken out of service and we were swapped to a new plane for our flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737 flight crew reported they were advised by inbound crew of a stiff aileron condition; but did not write it up. Local maintenance took the aircraft out of service.