Service difficulty report · Transducer · Boeing 75728A

Difficulty date
March 15, 2019
Submitted
March 20, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N968FD
Make and model
Boeing 75728A
Aircraft serial
26274
Aircraft time
74,780 hours, 21,276 cycles
Part
Transducer
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Autopiliot Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

A/P ON IN VNAV, BELOW PATH, THROTTLES IDLE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHES DOWN RESULTING IN 6000' FPM DESCENT WITH AIRSPEED INCREASING AND SPEED BRAKES OUT. AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HONOR AIRSPEED, VNAV PATH, OR VERTICAL SPEED. AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED WITH VERY HEAVY NOSE DOWING OUT OF TRIM CONTROL PRESSURES - NEEDING SEVERAL UNITS OF NOSE UP TRIM TO ARREST DESCENT. THIS HAPPENED WITH BOTH THE LEFT & RIGHT AUTOPILOTS IN DESCENT APPROX FL 260. FOLLOWED FIM FIM 22-02 FAULT TREE 838 FIG 111 SHEET 4. LT, CTR AND RT NEUTRAL SHIFT TRANSDUCERS ADJUSTED PER MM 22-12-04-04 MCDP GROUND TEST 8 "SERVO ELEV" PERFORMED PER MM 22-00-02-02.

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