NTSB CAROL · Event
Event BFO85IA050
Registry · N106WA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WHEELER AUTOMATED AVIATION LLC SKYH
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A01CF3
Registrant of record
WHEELER AUTOMATED AVIATION LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
AFTER CLIMBING UP TO AND LEVELING OFF AT 37,000 FEET, THE CREW OF THE DC-10-30F NOTICED THAT THE YORK CONTROL OF THE CAPTAIN AND THE FIRST OFFICER MOVED LATERALLY INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES. AFTER MAKING AN UNSCHEDULED UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT DULLES THE LEFT AILERON CABLE TENSION REGULATOR ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND TO HAVE A DECREASE IN CABLE TENSION. AFTER LUBRICATION, THE UNIT JUMPED TO A POSITION WHICH PROVIDED PROPER CABLE TENSION BETWEEN THE CONTROL WHEEL AND THE AILERON CONTROL LOOP. THE OPERATOR CHANGED THEIR LUBRICATION PROGRAM ON THE ASSEMBLIES FROM 'ON CONDITION' TO EVERY 2500 HOURS WHICH EQUATES TO MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1985_BFO85IA050.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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