Service difficulty report · Servo · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
January 20, 2017
Submitted
January 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43255
Aircraft time
12,952 hours, 4,273 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
305RAA1
Part serial
AS10179
Condition
Faulty
Location
Autothrottle Sys
Part time
10,459 hours, 3,433 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AUTO THROTTLES FAILED ON TAKEOFF. WOULD RE-ENGAGE, BUT THEN CLICK OFF AS THE THROTTLE TRIES TO MOVE. GROUNDED - YES. CONFIRMED FAULT, A/T FLIGHT FAULT REVIEW SHOWS MSG 22-31688 (1) ASM2 CH-A SPD RATE MONITOR (2) ASM2 CH-A N1 RATE MONITOR, & (3) ASM2 CH-A ARM RATE MONITOR. REMOVED & REPLACED NR 2 A/T SERVO MOTOR REF AMM TASK 22-31-91, OPS CK NML. ALSO, ACCOMPLISHED FIM 22-11 TASK 802 (GP43) LRU REPLACEMENT TEST FOR A/T, OPS CK NML. THIS CLOSES MEL 22-4B. NO SPECIAL MEL PROCEDURES TO REVERSE.