Service difficulty report · Electronic Unit · Boeing 767333

Difficulty date
January 22, 2011
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 767333
Aircraft time
64,924 hours
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Electronic Unit
Part number
285T0017201
Condition
Unserviceable
Part time
69,349 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GOING THROUGH 15000 UNCONTROLLED TAIL OSCILLATION BACK AND FORTH - DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT STILL OSCILLATIONS - CALL FROM F/A - VERY VIOLENT IN TAIL- SLOWED ACFT & STOPPED - NO WARNING LIGHTS. ON INVESTIGATION FOUND RT YAW DAMPER CHANNEL FAILING TEST, WITH INOP LIGHT REMAINING ON. TRIED REPLACING RT YAW DAMPER MODULE, NIL FIX. ORIGINAL PART RE-INSTALLED. BITE DISPLAY ON YDM SHOWED 26VAC FAIL. REPLACED RT CSEU NR 1 POWER SUPPLY MODULE IAW AMM 27-09-00/201 TEST PASSES OK. YAW DAMPER SYS OPS TEST PASSES OK. YAW DAMPER SYS OPS TEST CARRIED OUT PASS OK.