Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
November 26, 2022
Submitted
November 28, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41731
Aircraft time
37,588 hours, 11,742 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
H504C
Part serial
19071
Condition
Faulty
Location
Ailerons
Part time
37,588 hours, 11,742 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
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

AT CRUISE, A/P ON & IN TRIM, AILERON TRIM SHOWS 1.5 UNITS LEFT-SIMILAR WITH A/P A&B-RUDDER TRIM NORMAL. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED DFCS TEST B737-900 FIM 22-11 TASK 801. VALUES FOR A AND B WERE 0.35, BITE LIBRARY TEST 31 FAILED FOR AILERON. REMOVED AND REPLACED AIL POS SENSOR REF B737-900 AMM 22-11-29. ADJUSTED SENSOR REF AMM 22-11-29 CH A READS 0.01, CH B READS -0.02. SCREENS 52.02 AND 52.03 STILL SHOW OUT OF LIMITS. CHECK OF AIL ACT VALUES SHOW WITHIN LIMITS REF AMM 22-11-25. FAILS FOR THE AIL POS-1 MSG 22-11145 AND AIL POS-2 MSG 22-11146. PERFORMED AILERON TRAVEL TEST PER AMM 27-11-00-700-809 OPS CK GOOD. AILERON TRAVEL IN LIMITS. PERFORMED AILERON CONTROL WHEEL FORCE TEST PER AMM 27-11-00-700-805. OPS CK GOOD. PERFORMED AILERON TENSION CHECK OF CABLES PER AMM TASK 27-11-00-820-801. TENSION CHK OF CABLES IN LIMITS. OPS CHK GOOD. PERFORMED AUTOPILOT AILERON ACTUATOR ADJUSTMENT REF AMM 22-11-25-820-801. PERFORMED ALL BITE LIBRARY TESTS WITH NO FAULTS FOUND REF AMM 22-11-00-740-806. ALL LLM TESTS PASS. WITH EITHER A/P A OR B ENGAGED DURING TESTING, AILERON TRIM SHOWS 0.0 UNITS. ETOPS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.