Narrative:

The flight from las to gcn was flown by captain. Aircraft approached runway 21 in a normal manner. There appeared to be a light right crosswind as the aircraft began the approach. So, as aircraft flared in T/D, the captain began to cross control into the wind. The T/D was made normally, but the captain expressed that at the time of T/D, the aileron control was stiff and required some force to bring the aileron control positioned properly for crosswind control. As aircraft cleared the runway, there were no apparent problems of the aileron control whatsoever. Before the aircraft taxied to the ramp area, the controls were moved left and right 3 and 4 times and again no problem. During the taxi to the ramp area, to deplane the passenger, first officer expressed that maybe the wind gust condition was greater than anticipated and required greater correction of aileron control into the wind. Before the return flight to las, captain and first officer returned to the empty aircraft. The captain unlocked the controls and began to move the controls numerous times in every direction and could feel nothing. To investigate further, first officer moved the aileron controls while the captain inspected the ailerons from outside to see if there were any abnormalities of the control surface top or bottom. The captain asked the first officer if there was any objection of returning home. Since we could not duplicate the problem, it was decided that the aircraft could be returned safely to las and inspected there by scenic mechanics. The return flight from gcn to las was flown by the first officer. The discussion before landing in las was to be aware of any stiffness of the aileron control during the landing. The landing was executed normally and the aircraft was returned to maintenance for investigation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER ROTATING THE FLT CTLS AND VISUALLY EXAMINING PROPER ACTION, FLT CREW FLEW THE ACFT BACK TO LAS AND HAD MAINTENANCE INSPECT FOR CTL BINDING.

Narrative: THE FLT FROM LAS TO GCN WAS FLOWN BY CAPT. ACFT APCHED RWY 21 IN A NORMAL MANNER. THERE APPEARED TO BE A LIGHT RIGHT XWIND AS THE ACFT BEGAN THE APCH. SO, AS ACFT FLARED IN T/D, THE CAPT BEGAN TO CROSS CTL INTO THE WIND. THE T/D WAS MADE NORMALLY, BUT THE CAPT EXPRESSED THAT AT THE TIME OF T/D, THE AILERON CTL WAS STIFF AND REQUIRED SOME FORCE TO BRING THE AILERON CTL POSITIONED PROPERLY FOR XWIND CTL. AS ACFT CLRED THE RWY, THERE WERE NO APPARENT PROBS OF THE AILERON CTL WHATSOEVER. BEFORE THE ACFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AREA, THE CTLS WERE MOVED LEFT AND RIGHT 3 AND 4 TIMES AND AGAIN NO PROB. DURING THE TAXI TO THE RAMP AREA, TO DEPLANE THE PAX, F/O EXPRESSED THAT MAYBE THE WIND GUST CONDITION WAS GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED AND REQUIRED GREATER CORRECTION OF AILERON CTL INTO THE WIND. BEFORE THE RETURN FLT TO LAS, CAPT AND F/O RETURNED TO THE EMPTY ACFT. THE CAPT UNLOCKED THE CTLS AND BEGAN TO MOVE THE CTLS NUMEROUS TIMES IN EVERY DIRECTION AND COULD FEEL NOTHING. TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER, F/O MOVED THE AILERON CTLS WHILE THE CAPT INSPECTED THE AILERONS FROM OUTSIDE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY ABNORMALITIES OF THE CTL SURFACE TOP OR BOTTOM. THE CAPT ASKED THE F/O IF THERE WAS ANY OBJECTION OF RETURNING HOME. SINCE WE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROB, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE ACFT COULD BE RETURNED SAFELY TO LAS AND INSPECTED THERE BY SCENIC MECHS. THE RETURN FLT FROM GCN TO LAS WAS FLOWN BY THE F/O. THE DISCUSSION BEFORE LNDG IN LAS WAS TO BE AWARE OF ANY STIFFNESS OF THE AILERON CTL DURING THE LNDG. THE LNDG WAS EXECUTED NORMALLY AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO MAINT FOR INVESTIGATION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.