Service difficulty report · Yaw Damper · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 1, 2012
Submitted
September 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N558AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35177
Aircraft time
23,665 hours, 7,034 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Yaw Damper
Part number
285A10107
Part serial
285A1010D04386
Condition
Failed
Location
Ee Bay
Part time
23,682 hours, 7,042 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

YAW DAMPER DISENGAGED TWICE ON APPROACH. (APPROX 1500 & 300AGL) ACFT GROUNDED. NR 1 SMYD SHOWS YD SERVO LOOP FAULT WITH MX MESSAGE 22-21006. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 22-23-809. TEST PASS & NO FAULTS UNDER EXISTING FAULTS. ON NEXT FLIGHT, ON TAKE-OFF, Y/D KICKED-OFF. QRH FOLLOWED. Y/D REMAINED ON REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. REACCOMPLISHED SWEEP TEST WITH NO FAULTS NOTED. REF FIM 22-23, TASK 809, PRECAUTIONARY REPLACED NR 1 SMYD REF MM 27-32-42. OPS NORMAL.