Service difficulty report · Servo Valve · Boeing 75728A

Difficulty date
August 15, 2018
Submitted
September 6, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N968FD
Make and model
Boeing 75728A
Aircraft serial
26274
Aircraft time
74,342 hours, 20,938 cycles
Part
Servo Valve
Part number
163100101
Part serial
281U
Condition
Failed
Location
Autopilot Sys
Part time
1,408 hours, 996 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING DESCENT FROM 15,000 TO 11,000 IN VERT SPEED WITH -1 300 FPM SELECTED, ON THE LEFT AUTOPILOT, THE AIRCRAFT PUSHED OVER TO -3 000FPM. DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT TO PULL OUT OF THE DIVE AND THERE WAS VERY HEAVY PRESSURE ON THE YOKE. HAD TO TRIM NOSE UP FOR ABOUT 5SEC TO RELIEVE IT. DURING THE NEXT DESCENT FROM 11,000, IT DID THE SAME THING. AFTER BEING LEVEL AT 10,000, WE WERE SLOWING FROM 325KTS TO 250KTS ON THE CENTER AUTOPILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND ON ITS OWN. THE AMBER AUTOPILOT WARNING LIGHT COME ON ALONG WITH THE RED AUTOPILOT EICAS. REPLACED APCS ELEC SERVO VALVE AND ELEVATOR FEEL ACTUATOR, ALL TESTS PASSED OK. REPLACED LT FCC, ALL TESTS PASSED OK.

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