Service difficulty report · Control Module · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 18, 2008
Submitted
May 16, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25323
Aircraft time
62,588 hours, 18,231 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Control Module
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Aileron Trim
Stage of operation
CR
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

RUDDER TRIM INOP INTERMITTENT. PER CREW INBOUND CREW, AC REQUIRED FREQUENT RETRIMMING AND AT TIMES, RUDDER TRIM WOULD BE INOP AND OTHERS IT WOULD TRIM NORMALLY, ALL AT CRUISE. OCCURRED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AFTER ARRIVAL. SUSPECT INTERMITTENT TRIM COMMAND FROM CONTROL PANEL. PRIOR TO REPLACING CONTROL PANEL, ATTEMPT (CONT). INTERMITTENT TRIM CONTROL MODULE, NO SHOP DATA. REPLACED AILERON AND TRIM CONTROL MODULES, ALL OPS CHECKS NORMAL.