A B727-200 IN CRUISE AT FL290 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS PARTIALLY OPENED AND JAMMED AILERONS CAUSED BY BADLY RIGGED NOSE GEAR DOORS AND A FAILED AILERON SERVO.

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AT FL290; 310 KIAS; SMOOTH AIR; IMMEDIATE ROLL AND SINK WITH LOUD EXTERNAL RUMBLE AND BLINKING RED GEAR WARNING LIGHTS; FOLLOWED BY PARTIALLY JAMMED AILERONS. SQUAWKED 7700; DECLARED EMER WITH ATC AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT (BWI). AILERONS REMAINED PARTIALLY JAMMED TO TOUCHDOWN. PF NEEDS 2 HANDS AT ALL TIMES TO FLY WHILE PNF CTLS THROTTLES TO LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B727-200 WITH JT8D-9 ENGS. THE RPTR SAID THE INCIDENT INVOLVED 2 FAILURES; THE NOSE GEAR DOORS PARTIALLY OPENING WITH ASSOCIATED NOISE AND VIBRATIONS AND SHORTLY AFTER THE AILERONS JAMMING. THE RPTR SAID WHEN THE DOORS OPENED WITH THE RUMBLING NOISE AND VIBRATION; THE CAPT ADVISED THE FO TO FLY THE AIRPLANE AND THE SO AND CAPT WOULD ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE DOOR PROB. THE RPTR STATED THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MOVE THE GEAR HANDLE FROM 'OFF' TO 'UP' AND THEN TO 'OFF.' AT FIRST IT DID NOT CORRECT THE DOOR PROB; THEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE DOORS CLOSED. THE RPTR SAID WHEN THE FO WAS ADVISED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE THE AUTOPLT WAS DISCONNECTED AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE AILERONS IT TOOK BOTH HANDS AND EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MOVE THE AILERONS. THE RPTR SAID WHEN AILERON INPUT WAS APPLIED A LOUD RATCHETING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE RPTR STATED AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND THE CTLR DID A GREAT JOB VECTORING THE ACFT TO A RWY AND ONLY 1 TURN WAS REQUIRED. THE RPTR STATED THE CONCERN WITH THE AILERONS WAS IF THEY WERE DAMAGED BY ONE OR BOTH LNDG GEAR DOORS OR COMPONENTS TORN OFF DURING THE VIBRATIONS. THE RPTR STATED MAINT FOUND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS BADLY OUT OF RIG WITH A LONG CHRONIC MAINT HISTORY OF DOOR RIG PROBS AND LOGBOOK RPTS. THE RPTR SAID THE AILERON PROB WAS CAUSED BY THE AUTOPLT AILERON SERVO THAT DID NOT DISCONNECT WHEN THE AUTOPLT WAS SWITCHED OFF AND WAS BEING BACK DRIVEN BY MANUAL INPUTS. THE RPTR STATED THE FAA AND NTSB INVESTIGATED AND THE RPTR WAS ADVISED THE INCIDENT WAS CLOSED.