Service difficulty report · Trim Motor · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
May 28, 2020
Submitted
June 4, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N890NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31143
Aircraft time
25,032 hours, 10,310 cycles
Part
Trim Motor
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F
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 NOT GROUNDED: DURING ILS 35R STAB OUT OF TRIM LIGHT CAME ON JET DID NOT INTERCEPT GS AND TRIM WHEEL WAS NOT MOVING WITH AUTOPILOT ON, DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT AND A VERY SHARP PITCH UP FOLLOWED, BUT WAS ABLE TO TRIM WITH YOKE SWITCH, LANDED NORMALLY. REPLACED STABILIZER TRIM MOTOR AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK PER AMM 27-41-71-000-801 AND AMM 22-11-81. (CLOSED)