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B757 captain experiences a high frequency vibration during climb and initial cruise requiring three units of right rudder trim to level the wings. Later a 'spoilers' EICAS message displayed. The crew and dispatch are unable to locate landing performance data for this anonaly and the crew elects to divert to a longer runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1087244 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201305 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Spoiler System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 16250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
After take off; climbing above 10;000 ft continuing almost to cruise altitude; noticed unusual high frequency vibration in airframe. Aircraft required 3 units of right rudder trim in cruise to level the wings; with fuel and power equal on both sides. ''Spoilers' EICAS message [was] displayed later. Followed QRH; looked in FM; MEL; frm; and cockpit checklist. [We] could not find an abnormal landing distance chart for this abnormal. Cockpit indications do not indicate which individual; or spoiler pair(s); or if any ground or flight spoilers will; work after landing. Due to less than 7;000 ft available on longest runway destination airport; only ILS being inoperative; possibility of a wet runway after sunset; but mainly no landing distance information for this abnormal available to us; we diverted to a longer runway to assure a safe landing roll distance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 Captain experiences a high frequency vibration during climb and initial cruise requiring three units of right rudder trim to level the wings. Later a 'Spoilers' EICAS message displayed. The crew and Dispatch are unable to locate landing performance data for this anonaly and the crew elects to divert to a longer runway.
Narrative: After take off; climbing above 10;000 FT continuing almost to cruise altitude; noticed unusual high frequency vibration in airframe. Aircraft required 3 units of right rudder trim in cruise to level the wings; with fuel and power equal on both sides. ''Spoilers' EICAS message [was] displayed later. Followed QRH; looked in FM; MEL; FRM; and cockpit checklist. [We] could not find an abnormal landing distance chart for this abnormal. Cockpit indications do not indicate which individual; or spoiler pair(s); or if any ground or flight spoilers will; work after landing. Due to less than 7;000 FT available on longest runway destination airport; only ILS being inoperative; possibility of a wet runway after sunset; but mainly no landing distance information for this abnormal available to us; we diverted to a longer runway to assure a safe landing roll distance.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.