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A B727 captain discovered, on initial climb out, that the aircraft roll control was stiff. He returned to the originating airport, called maintenance, and they claimed they could not duplicate the problem. They greased the cables and signed it off.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 445855 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| Altitude | msl single value : 19000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau.artcc tower : ord.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 45855 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On takeoff and initial climb, the aircraft roll control was stiff. Returned to ord. The aircraft was flown into ord by my crew, and we discovered the problem en route to ord. Maintenance looked it over and could not duplicate. They greased cables, etc, and signed it off. Maybe I should have been more persistent in having maintenance workers go deeper into researching the problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 CAPT DISCOVERED, ON INITIAL CLBOUT, THAT THE ACFT ROLL CTL WAS STIFF. HE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINATING ARPT, CALLED MAINT, AND THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROB. THEY GREASED THE CABLES AND SIGNED IT OFF.
Narrative: ON TKOF AND INITIAL CLB, THE ACFT ROLL CTL WAS STIFF. RETURNED TO ORD. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN INTO ORD BY MY CREW, AND WE DISCOVERED THE PROB ENRTE TO ORD. MAINT LOOKED IT OVER AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE. THEY GREASED CABLES, ETC, AND SIGNED IT OFF. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE PERSISTENT IN HAVING MAINT WORKERS GO DEEPER INTO RESEARCHING THE PROB.
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.