Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 17, 2015
Submitted
March 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
39043
Aircraft time
25,248 hours, 7,732 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27B3
Part
Actuator
Part number
158300101
Part serial
2315
Condition
Faulted
Location
Autopilot
Part time
40,302 hours, 18,771 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

AUTOPILOT B CHANNEL INOPERATIVE, AILERON SURFACE TEST FAILED 60.31. ACFT GROUNDED. WHILE PERFORMING TC 7822200, FMS FUNCTION CHECK. SURFACE TEST FAILED FOR AILERON 60.31 CHANNEL B. FAULTS 22-11340 AND 22-11146 WERE LOGGED. ALL OTHER LIBRARY GROUP TESTS PASSED. EXECEPT THE AILERON TEST 31. ATTEMPTED TO MAKE TEST, PASSED 5X BUT PREVIOUS FAULTS WERE LOGGED EVERY TIME. AILERON CHANNEL A PASSES. BITE LIBRARY 60.31, STEP FCC B S152, FAIL 8.44, AIL POS 5.95 / 8.05. CHECKED AILERON SYS ADJUSTMENT IAW AMM 27-11-00-820-805. FOUND LT AILERON RIG POSITION OUT OF LIMITS. ADJUSTED LT AILERON WING CABLES IAW MM 27-11-00-820-801, STEP 2I. CHECKED B SYSTEM AUTOPILOT AILERON ACTUATOR ADJUSTMENT IAW AMM 22-11-25-820-801. ADJUSTMENT GOOD. REPLACED AUTOPILOT ACTUATOR B IAW AMM 22-11-25-000-801 AND 22-11-25-400-801, OPS CHECK IAW AMM 22-11-25-820-801 IS GOOD, BUT OPS CHECK WITH 22-11-25-710-801 FAILS. SURFACES TEST STILL FAILS STEP 60.31. SYSTEM CALLS OUT AILERON POSITION SENSOR AND FCC-B. ON DEFERRAL.