Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 737236

Difficulty date
June 3, 2000
Submitted
January 11, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N705S
Make and model
Boeing 737236
Aircraft serial
21800
Aircraft time
37,902 hours, 30,941 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
65C370535
Part serial
912ACSA
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON DESCENT INTO IFP, AIRCRAFT HAD UNCONTROLLED, MILD DUTCH ROLLING (LATER DESCRIBED AS FISH-TAILING) WITH AUTO-PILOT DISENGAGED. EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED AN ANOMALY WITH THE MAIN RUDDER PCU YAW DAMPER SERVO CONTROL AS INDICATED THROUGH THE YAW DAMPER COUPLER BITE FUNCTION (REF: B-737 MM 22-12-01, PAGE 12). THE MAIN RUDDER PCU WAS REPLACED PER B-737 MM 27-21-91. SUBSEQUENT YAW DAMPER COUPLER BITE TESTS REVEALED NO FURTHER DISCREPANCY. THE AIRPLANE WAS TEST FLOWN AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.