JASC 2216
Service difficulty reports · 128
Reports filed under 2216 · Autopilot Trim Servo, newest first.
Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '2216' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '2216' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR DLM88011207Trim Motor · faultyA/P C/BS POPPED. A/P TRIM LIGHT ILLUM. A/P TRIM INOP. RESET C/BS. D11 POPPED 2ND TIME. PRIMARY TRIM FUNCTIONED ENTIRE TIME. REPLACED ALTERNATE STABILIZER TRIM MOTOR PER M/M. PERFORM RTS TEST ON BOTH DFGCS. BOTH PASS/GO. STAB TRIM NOW OPS NORMAL.SDR SWIA972606Servo · defectiveIN CRUISE FLIGHT, WITH AUTOPILOT ON, EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN YAW MOVEMENT AND BALL WENT OUT OF CENTER. RETRIMMED WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEN IN DESCENT, WITH AUTOPILOT OFF, NOTICED TRIM WOULD NOT CENTER BALL. THEN 2 OR 3 MINUTES LATER THERE WAS ANOTHER SUDDEN YAW. SDR USAASB01125Servo · failedCLT - FLT 1549 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM CLT, EN ROUTE TO DFW, CREW RECEIVED A STABILIZER OUT OF TRIM LIGHT THAT WOULD FLICKER OFF AND ON. AT APPROXIMATELY FL270, THE AUTOPILOT BEGAN TO GIVE THE AIRCRAFT INCORRECT TRIM INPUTS AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD START TO NOSE OVSDR DHL2001804002Servo · failedAUTO PILOT SERVO INDICATOR FOR ELEV ERRATIC IN SMOOTH FLIGHT. R&R ELEVATOR SERVO. CHECKED NORMAL IAW 22-10-00 ON GND. STATUS-CLOSED.SDR SWIA972440Servo · bindingAFTER AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED, CAPTAINS SIDE NOTICED BINDING OF TRIM (ELEVATOR) BETWEEN 3 AND 6 UNITS. TRIM WHEEL WOULD BIND THEN RELEASE. ALTITUDE 6000 FEET WITH NO MOISTURE. INSPECTED ENTIRE ELEVATOR TRIM SYSTEM FOR DEFECTS. NONE NOTED. ALL TESTS AND FUNSDR SWIA972401Servo · obstructedTRIM (ELECTRIC) LATCHES ON THE DESCENT WHEN AUTOPILOT IS ENGAGED. INSPECTED TRIM CABLES AND MECHANISMS. FOUND LINT IN ACTUATOR CHAIN NEAR SERVO FOR AUTO PILOT. REMOVED LINT, OPS CHECKS GOOD IAW MM 27-00-00.SDR SWIA972103Afcs · failedSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF HAD AN ELECTRIC TRIM FAILURE. CONTINUED TO LAX. ELECTRIC TRIM SYSTEM OPS CHECK GOOD. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY.SDR SWIA972061Warning System · malfunctionedTRIM FAIL LIGHT ON MAP WITH 3 CHIME WHILE USING MANUAL TRIM. TRIM FEELS LIKE ENGAGED WITH AUTO PILOT WHEN AUTO PILOT DISENGAGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED ELEVATOR TRIM SERVO WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW MM 22-10-05. OPS CHECKS NORMAL.SDR SWIA972057Warning System · malfunctionedTRIM FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON MAP WITH 3 CHIME MASTER WARNING WHILE USING THE MANUAL TRIM WHEEL DURING FLIGHT. INSPECTED TRIM ACTUATORS AND CABLES. FOUND WELL GREASED AND NO SIGNS OF MOISTURE. ACTUATED SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES. GROUND OPS CHECKS GOOD.SDR USAASB00275Trim Motor · failedPHL - FLT 2295 - EN ROUTE FROM PHL-SJU, THE STABILIZER OUT OF TRIM LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON BOTH AUTOPILOTS. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AUTOPILOT STABILIZSDR SWIA972013Servo · failedAUTO PILOT DOES NOT CATCH ALTITUDE, BOTH SIDES. REPLACED ELEVATOR SVO-65 IAW MM 27-10-05 AND TESTED AUTOPILOT WITH PITOT STATIC TESTER AND NAV 401L, OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM 22-10-00. PLACARDS REMOVED. P/N ON 622-5734-002, S/N ON 451, S/N OFF 3856.SDR 99ZZZX4399Relay · failedPART FAILED, CAUSED AUTOPILOT LOSS OF NOSE UP TRIM. NORMAL TRIM WAS NOT EFFECTED.SDR 99ZZZX3722Servo · malfunctionedDURING FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT HAD ABRUPT PITCH DOWN AND TRIM RAN AWAY CAUSING RAPID DESCENT. PILOT DISENGAGED AUTOPILOT AND AIRCRAFT HAD ABRUPT PITCH CHANGE. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED BAD PITCH SERVO COMMANDING TRIM TO RUN. AIRCRAFT PASSED GROUND SELF-TEST, YET UPSDR DHL99721003Servo · malfunctionedAUTO-PILOT AND STAB CRUISE TRIM WILL NOT TRIM NOSE UP. REMOVED AND REPLACED AUTO PILOT STAB TRIM SERVO PER MM 22-11-211, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR AU981520Servo · sticking(AUS) AUTOPILOT SERVO STICKING. UNCOMMANDED ELEVATOR PITCH DOWN RESULTED IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE NLG WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING LANDING.SDR 9807611229Computer · failedAFTER DEPARTING, THE NR 1 AUTO PILOT OR ATS WOULD NOT ENGAGE. NR 2 AUTO PILOT WOULD ENGAGE BUT WOULD NOT TRIM. FLIGHT RETURNED TO AMS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED AUTO PITCH TRIM COMPUTER AND ACCELEROMETER, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.SDR CA971028004Servo · failed(CAN) AUTO TRIM FUNCTION WOULD NOT WORK. SERVO REPLACED.SDR GLBA97145Servo · failedMSP - CREW ENGAGED ELECTRIC ELEVATOR TRIM. TRIM PROVIDED NO CONTROL IN EITHER DIRECTION AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN SELECTED TO OFF POSITION. REPLACED TRIM SERVO. (M)SDR SWIA95794Servo · failedDURING LANDING FLARE, AILERONS BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF ALMOST AS THOUGH AUTO PILOT WAS STILL ENGAGED. PRESSING CAPTS A/P TRIM DISC HAD NO EFFECT. STIFFNESS CAUSED ROLL OSCILLATION. STIFFNESS BROKE LOOSE BY MOVING AILERONS AFTER LANDING AND FELT LIKE A/P DISCOSDR 97ZZZX492Capstan · misinstalledPILOT REPORTED A FRAYED CABLE IN AFT FUSELAGE. THE CABLE FOR THE ELEVATOR TRIM WAS FRAYED AT ELECTRIC ELEVATOR TRIM SERVO LOCATION. CAUSE OF FRAYING WAS DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED CAPSTAN, P/N 49A26, ON THE SERVO ASSY WHICH CAUSED THE GROOVE IN THE CAPSTSDR AU960984Actuator · faulty(AUS) AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM (AFCS) YAW DAMPER LINEAR ACTUATOR PIN G TO ACTUATOR HOUSING HAD NO INTERNAL CONNECTION THEREFORE THE ACTUATOR WAS NOT ELECTRICALLY BONDED TO THE AIRCRAFT MAKING THE SYSTEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO INDUCED VOLTAGE.SDR 96ZZZX2514Control Cable · brokenELECTRIC TRIM CABLE BROKE. FOUND THE SERVO CAPSTAN BEGAN TO SLIP. THE SLIPPING CAUSED THE CABLE TO BREAK DOWN AND FAIL. REPLACED THE CABLE AND THE TRIM SERVO.SDR 95ZZZX5740Sense Spring · brokenTHIS SPRING, WHEN BROKEN, CAN CAUSE THE SERVO CLUTCH TO STAY ENGAGED INHIBITING EASY MOVEMENT AFTER AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDED INSPECTION OF SERVO 'PLAY' DURING ELEVATOR SERVO INSPECTION OF PHASE CARD INSPECTION PROGRAM. SERVO MUST BE REMOVEDSDR 95ZZZX5070Actuator · faultyACTUATOR ERROR CODES E47, E35, E27. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR 95ZZZX5069Actuator · failedERROR CODES AND TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND ACTUATOR FAILURE INTERNALLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR 95ZZZX5071Actuator · error codeACTUATOR SOUNDS ROUGH, SHOWS ERROR CODES ON AUTOPILOT. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR 95ZZZX2900Trim Servo · cable misroutedDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB RIGGING WAS FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. AFTER REFERRING TO AUTOPILOT INSTALLATION MANUAL, IT WAS DETERMINED THE ELECTRIC TRIM SERVO HAD THE TRIM CABLE IMPROPERLY ROUTED AROUND ITS CAPSTAND AND PULLEYS. THE ROUTING CASDR 9503159978Servo · malfunctionedAUTO-PILOT FAILED EN ROUTE DTW-HOU, FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MEM AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED AUTO-PILOT ELEVATOR SERVO. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
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