Service difficulty report · Computer · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 27, 2022
Submitted
August 1, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35682
Aircraft time
54,230 hours, 16,005 cycles
Part
Computer
Part number
8221604101
Part serial
16N1NF
Condition
Faulty
Location
E/E Rack E1
Part time
54,253 hours, 16,010 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AT LEVEL FLIGHT, 5100 FEET, 210 KTS, FLAPS UP THE AUTOPILOT STARTED TRIMMING NOSE UP AND THEN NOSE DOWN. ABOUT 10 TO 20 SECONDS IT OCCURRED AGAIN. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS WITH FLAPS 1 AND 5. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE AUTOPILOT THE NOSE UP AND NOSE DOWN TRIM STOPPED. THE STABILIZER TRIMMMED, NEVER RAN AWAY AND WE HAD FULL CONTROL OF THE ELECTRIC TRIM. GROUNDED - YES. DFCS BITE TEST FAULT HISTORY HAS NUMEROUS "SPD TRIM WARN" FAULTS FOR SYSTEM B, NO FAULTS SYSTEM A, THE FAULT CODE IS 22-11323. DFCS BITE TEST FAULT HISTORY CALLS OUT FCC-B. REMOVED FCC B COMPUTER PER B737-800 AMM 22-11-33-000-801. INSTALLED FCC B PER AMM 22-11-33-400-801. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS LRU REPLACEMENT TEST PER AMM 22-11-33-400-801 PARA I LRU REPLACEMENT TEST PASSED. ALSO ACCOMPLISHED DFCS LAND VERIFY TEST PER AMM 22-11-00/201 DFCS LAND VERIFY PASSED.