Service difficulty report · Servo · Boeing 767284

Difficulty date
April 5, 2007
Submitted
April 11, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N988AN
Make and model
Boeing 767284
Aircraft serial
24742
Aircraft time
66,967 hours, 14,794 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Servo
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Elevator
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

DURING DESCENT AT 15.000 FT, SPEED 290 EICAS MSG AUTOPILOT COME ON WITH CAUTION LIGHT, AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED BY IT SELF. DURING APP THE ELEVATOR WAS VERY HARD TO OPERATE, BEING NECESSARY, EXCESSIVE FORCE CONTROL BY THE PILOT. PILOT FLYING. DURING FLARE THE ELEVATOR EFFECTIVENESS WAS COMPLETELY LOST. ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG NOISE., TAIL NOISE. IAW FIM 22-00-02 FIG 114 BLOCKS 1,2,3,4,5,35 AND 109, DURING MCDP BITE. LAST FLIGHT FAULT A/P CTR MODE ERR CODE 244 WAS FOUND ; AND IAW AMM 22-12-01/401, THE CTR ELEVATOR A/P SERVO WAS REPLACED. IAW AMM 27-31-19/401 THE ELEVATOR FEEL COMPUTER WAS REPLACED TEST IAW AMM 27-31-00/50 AMM 34-11-00/ 201 AND 22-00-02/501 TEST SATISFACTORY. IAW AMM 31-31-01 PAGE 401, T