Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
August 5, 2026
Submitted
August 5, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N28912
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
34828
Aircraft time
48,953 hours, 5,948 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
CA72711006
Part serial
635
Condition
Faulted
Location
Right
Part time
34,167 hours, 4,223 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, D

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

What was found

STABILIZER R2 ADVISORY THIS MESSAGE IS SET WHEN THE R2 CONTROL CHANNEL NOT AVAILABLE FOR TRIM OR WHEN 1ST OFFICER'S TRIM SWITCH HAS BEEN DISAB LED BY COLUMN CUTOUT. R2 REFERS TO ELECTRICAL BUS. DB 27 FCM OPS (RIGHT) DB 27 FCM OPS (CENTER) DB 27 FCM OPS (LT) DEBRIEF CREW SAID AT 37K FL EICAS MESSAGE STAB R2, ALONG WITH STAB CHANNEL STATUS MESSAGE. CREW FOLLOWED CHECKLIST TURN STAB TRIM TO CUTOUT. RETURN STAB R2 SWITCH TO NORMAL NO MAINTENANCE MESSAGE ACTIVE. MX MESSAGES FOUND ON FAULT HISTORY AT CRUISE LEG 0, 27-12742, 27-19306. BY TOMC REQUEST REPLACE RT EMCU. FOLLOWED FIM FOR MX MSG 27-12742 REF 27-40-F1-02A-421A-A, PERFORMED 27 PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM, SYSTEM TEST, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, TEST PASSED. RT ELECTRIC STAB FOUND CLOSED. NEXT STEP, REPLACE RIGHT EMCU. R & R RT HORIZONTAL TRIM ACTUATOR ELECTIRC MOTOR CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM 27-41-08 & FIM 27-40-F1-02A-421A. OPS CHECK GOOD AND MESSAGE WENT AWAY.

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