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Title: Let the litigation begin
Post by: Sandman on December 10, 2002, 03:07:48 PM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021210/ap_on_go_ot/ntsb_alaska_airlines_9

Alaska Airlines found at fault for Flight 261 crash.

Title: Let the litigation begin
Post by: midnight Target on December 10, 2002, 03:10:01 PM

Not enough grease? Is this part hard to access?

Not even a cost saving blunder... stand back it's gonna get ugly.

Title: Let the litigation begin
Post by: Curval on December 10, 2002, 03:10:51 PM

All that talk about Jackscrews and lubricant has gotten me horny now.

Title: Let the litigation begin
Post by: funkedup on December 10, 2002, 03:25:35 PM

I worked (after the fact) with the guys who designed the original pitch trim actuator for that series of aircraft.  If you don't lube those things they will fail.  I dealt with a lot of screw actuators returned to us for diagnosis and repair, and it's all about the lube.  Usually they just jam and won't move.  The failure they had, they must have seriously neglected that unit.

Title: Let the litigation begin
Post by: Gaylord on December 10, 2002, 05:39:39 PM

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Originally posted by funkedup
If you don't lube those things they will fail.

Boyfriend, I could tell you stories....

Title: Let the litigation begin
Post by: whgates3 on December 11, 2002, 12:55:28 AM

could be tough to prove poor maintenance was the fault.
that type of horiz. stab is an inherrently weak design.
airline could squeak out by blaming the OEM