Service difficulty report · Trim Motor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 29, 2009
Submitted
April 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36482
Aircraft time
503 hours, 159 cycles
Part
Trim Motor
Part number
6355B000103
Part serial
3434
Condition
Failed
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
495 hours, 151 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT BOTH CAPT & F/O ELECTRIC TRIM SWITCHES WOULDN’T TRIM NOSE DOWN INITIALLY, LEFT FLAPS AT 1 DEG TO STAY SLOW AND AVOID NEARLY MORE NOSE DOWN TRIM. ACCOMPLISHED QRH FOR STABILIZER TRIM INOP. AFTER MANUALLY TRIMMING, RETRACTED FLAPS TO DO AFTER TAKEOFF CHECKLIST. TRIM BEGAN TO WORK NORMALLY. DIVERSION TIME 15 MINUTES. CONFIRMED FAULT STAB TRIM WOULD NOT TRIM NOSE DOWN WITH FLAPS OUT OF UP/RETRACT POS. STAB TRIM OPERATED NORMALLY WITH FLAPS RETRACTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED STAB TRIM MOTOR PER MM 27 41 71 801, OPS CHECK GOOD.