A first officer reports his captain noticed a binding in the right aileron while performing a flight...

Attributes
ACN	922639
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Aileron
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance

Narrative:

We picked up a raytheon beechcraft 1900 aircraft at the hangar. First officer (first officer) was delegated preflight inspection and captain performed a walk around inspection and neither found a discrepancy. The aircraft was repositioned to the run-up area where those duties were performed with no problems. The aircraft was repositioned to the gate; another walkaround by both pilots was performed; no problems were found; and passengers were boarded. The flight left the gate on-time. During the before takeoff checklist; while performing the flight control test; captain noticed a binding when applying right aileron. We did a gate return for maintenance to check the flight controls. They discovered a small tool in the right outboard aileron assembly that was causing the binding.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A First Officer reports his Captain noticed a binding in the right aileron while performing a Flight Control Test on a Beech 1900-D aircraft during their Before Takeoff Checklist. Maintenance discovered a tool in the right outboard aileron assembly.

Narrative: We picked up a Raytheon Beechcraft 1900 aircraft at the hangar. F/O (First Officer) was delegated preflight inspection and Captain performed a walk around inspection and neither found a discrepancy. The aircraft was repositioned to the run-up area where those duties were performed with no problems. The aircraft was repositioned to the gate; another walkaround by both pilots was performed; no problems were found; and passengers were boarded. The flight left the gate on-time. During the Before Takeoff Checklist; while performing the Flight Control Test; Captain noticed a binding when applying right aileron. We did a gate return for Maintenance to check the flight controls. They discovered a small tool in the right outboard aileron assembly that was causing the binding.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A first officer reports his captain noticed a binding in the right aileron while performing a flight control test on a beech 1900-D aircraft during their before takeoff checklist. Maintenance discovered a tool in the right outboard aileron assembly.