Service difficulty report · Servo · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
May 21, 2003
Submitted
May 28, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N292SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120319
Aircraft time
16,140 hours, 23,569 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118A
Part
Servo
Part number
6225734002
Part serial
5983
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Elevator
Part time
3,001 hours, 4,471 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CAPTAIN'S AND F/O'S YOKE TRIM SWITCHES FAIL TO MOVE TRIM WHEEL. TRIM FAIL APPEARS ON MAP AFTER THE YOKE TRIM SWITCHES ARE PUSHED. ALSO, TRIM ILLUMINATES ON AUTOPILOT PANEL. REPLACED ELEVATOR TRIM SERVO. OPS CHECK GOOD. UPDATE 5/24/03 FAILURE REPEATED. REPLACED TRIM SERVO RELAY K0463. BOTH AUTOPILOT TRIM SWITCHES OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM 22-10-00. P/N M83536/6-022M.

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