Service difficulty report · Flt Controls · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 14, 2005
Submitted
August 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26951
Aircraft time
37,619 hours, 5,687 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Flt Controls
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THREE UNCOMMANDED RUDDER MOVEMENTS ON APPROACH. MECHANICS PERFORMED CAT3 CHECKS PER AMM 22-11-00 PG 501, AMM 22-31-00 AND RUDDER ACTUATOR CONFIDENCE CHECK ON MAT, ALL OPS CHECKS NORMAL. ENGINEERING REVIEWED MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND DOWN LINKED CMC FAULT DATA FOR FLIGHT 958. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF FAULTED FLIGHT CONTROLS, HYDRAULICS OR INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS THAT COULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO PRIOR REPORTS IN MAINTENANCE HISTORY FOR RUDDER MOVEMENTS. ENGINEERING SUSPECTS THIS REPORT MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO AN ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY. AIRPLANE WILL BE MONITORED FOR ANY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS.