Service difficulty report · Trim System · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 23, 2006
Submitted
January 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24890
Aircraft time
53,988 hours, 20,257 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Trim System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Stabilizer
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UNCOMMANDED STAB TRIM DURING CLIMBOUT. NOSE DOWN TRIM WAS FELT. SAM HAD NO FAULT BALLS LATCHED. DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO LEFT SAM. REPLACED LEFT SAM STABILIZER-TRIM /AILERON LOCKOUT UNIT.