Service difficulty report · Pin · Boeing 75727B

Difficulty date
October 7, 2014
Submitted
October 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N916FD
Make and model
Boeing 75727B
Aircraft serial
24137
Aircraft time
68,665 hours, 24,924 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Bent
Location
Rudder Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

UNCOMMAND RT RUDDER ON CLIMB OUT 11.3K FOR 1-3 SECONDS. AUTOPILOT STAYED CONNECTED. NO STATUS OR ADV MSG OR OVERHEAD LIGHT ON WITH HYD POWER ON. PERFORMED TROUBLE SHOOTING. TROUBLE SHOOTING FOUND ON RT RUDDER RATIO CHANGER MODULE, MODULE FAULT, FAULT BALL SET YELLOW. PERFORMED RESET OF FAULT BALL, PERFORMED BITE PROCEDURE OF RUDDER RATIO CHANGER MODULE & BITE PROCEDURE OF BOTH SAM ALL OK NO FAULT BALLS SET. DVI OF PINK13 CONNECTOR D705A SHOWS PIN BENT & PUSHED IN. PINK13 OF CONNECTOR D705A RE ENGAGED. CHECKED CONNECTORS OF RT SAM OK. CHECKED CIRCUIT BETWEEN RT SAM PINK13 & RT RRCM PIN D9 0 2 OHM OK. REINSTALLED RT SAM RT RRCM & ACM 2R. SCM 2R WAS REMOVED DUE TO ACCESS. ALL REQUIRED INSTALLATION TESTS PERFORMED, ALL OK. PERFORMED MCDP TEST 30 & 40 BOTH OK.

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