Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
August 15, 2019
Submitted
August 19, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N965TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53615
Aircraft time
54,828 hours, 28,163 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Pulled
Location
Autopilot
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS IN CRUISE, AP 1/2 COULD NOT HOLD LEVEL FLIGHT AFTER INSTRUCTIONS TO INCR/DECR SPEED. ALT TRIM WAS NOT TRIMMING. CHECKED ALT LONG TRIM WITH ALT TRIM SWITCH, NO MOVEMENT UP OR DOWN, ON GROUND SAME. (NO AUTOPILOT TRIM.) MAINTENANCE FOUND PIN E AND PIN D WIRES PULLED FROM CONNECTOR P10-436. REPAIRED PIN E AND PIN D AT CONNECTOR IAW WDM 27-42-01 AND STANDARD PRACTICES 20-31-15.

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