Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 20, 2020
Submitted
October 26, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35185
Aircraft time
50,803 hours, 15,193 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
158300101
Part serial
18666
Condition
Faulted
Location
Elevator
Part time
50,826 hours, 15,200 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT, COULD NOT ENGAGE "A" AUTOPILOT. WE TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES. GROUNDED-YES. REPLACED S"A" SYSTEM ELEV AUTOPILOT ACTUATOR, REF B737-800 AMM 22-11-26. ACCOMPLISHED A/P ACTUATOR ADJUSTMENT AND TEST, REF AMM 22-11-26-820-801. ACCOMPLISHED A/P ACTUATOR TEST, REF AMM 22-11-26-710-806, ALL TEST PASS. ACTUATOR LEAK CHECK GOOD, NO FAULTS. PERFORMED BITE LIBRARY TEST, REF AMM 22-11-00 ALL LIBRARY TEST FOR A & B CHANNELS, NO FAULT NOTED AT THIS TIME. PERFORMED LRU REPLACEMENT TTEST FOR FCC A&B, REF AMM 22-11-33 NO FAULTS NOTED. P ERFORMED HGS SYSTEM TEST, REF HGS 4000 SMM 34-36-00 SECT 500 NO FAULTS NOTED.