ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362221
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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1993 |
| Time: | 12:12 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-233 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-GAUP |
| MSN: | 22521/66 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 32301 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W JT9D-7R4D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 101 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Kansas City, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco, CA (SFO |
| (KYYZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED A LOSS OF AILERON CONTROL (FELT FROZEN), WHILE CRUISING AT FL 370. THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE HEADING CHANGES BY USING THE RUDDER & ELECTED TO DIVERT TO KANSAS CITY (MCI). THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO RAIN & STANDING WATER BEFORE THE FLIGHT. THE CREW FELT THE LOSS OF AILERON CONTROL MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO FROZEN WATER IN THE CONTROL SYSTEM. DURING DESCENT TO MCI, ABOVE FREEZING AIR TEMPERATURES WERE ENCOUNTERED, & CONTROL OF THE AILERONS GRADUALLY RETURNED UNTIL FULL CONTROL WAS REGAINED. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT MCI. INVESTIGATION REVEALED WORN AILERON CONTROL BEARINGS IN THE LATERAL CONTROL ACTUATOR SYSTEM. THE WORN BEARINGS WERE TESTED BY SOAKING IN WATER & FREEZING. WATER PENETRATED A BEARING HOUSING & FROZE INSIDE THE BEARING RACE, DISABLING THE BEARING. SUBSEQUENT DISASSEMBLY OF THE BEARING DISCLOSED CORRODED & WORN BALL BEARINGS. BOEING SERVICE LETTER (767-S-27-094) & SEVICE BULLETIN 767-27-0128 WERE ISSUED TO ADDRESS INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT CRITERIA OF THE BEARINGS.
Probable Cause: A FROZEN AILERON CONTROL BEARING AFTER IT HAD BECOME WORN, CORRODED AND EXPOSED TO WATER, AND THE MANUFACTURER'S INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION REQUIRMENT OF THE BEARING(S).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93IA152
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 19:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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