Service difficulty report · Pcu · Boeing 737217

Difficulty date
June 27, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16232
Make and model
Boeing 737217
Aircraft serial
19886
Part
Pcu
Part number
65C370523
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Rudder
Part time
25,940 hours
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE RIGHT ON TAKEOFF. FIFTEEN TO TWENTY DEGREES OF LEFT AILERON WAS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLE WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. THE YAW DAMP COUPLER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE YAW DAMPER WAS PLACED ON PLACARD. THE SDR WILL REMAIN OPEN PENDING INVESTIGATION. *S/D* MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE RUDDER PCU TRANSFER VALVE HAD AN OPEN AT PIN 5 AND 6. THE RUDDER PCU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE PLACARD ON YAW DAMPER WAS REMOVED. VENDOR TEARDOWN FOUND NO TROUBLE WITH THE YAW DAMP COUPLER. VENDOR TEARDOWN OF THE RUDDER PCU FOUND THE SERVO VALVE DEFECTIVE. ADDITIONAL TEARDOWN FINDINGS