Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
May 21, 2011
Submitted
May 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28707
Aircraft time
53,578 hours, 14,944 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Valve
Part number
A71882003
Part serial
8125
Condition
Faulty
Location
Left
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NO LAND 3 ON BOTH AUTOLAND STATUS INDICATORS. MAINT TEXT: MCDP LAST LEG FAULT WAS "ILS CP-ILS L" AND "AIL SER VO-FCC L". MCDP TEST 7 INTERMITTANTLY FAILS "AIL SRVO R". SOME MCDP HISTORY FOR THIS FAULT SEVERAL LEGS AGO. DUE TO FAULTS ON BOTH SIDES A-C WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE TS... MCDP TEST FAULT "NO LAND 3 AIL SRVO-FCC L" CODES 111461. REPLACED AP LATERAL CONT ALCS ELEC SERVO VALVE PER MM, OPS CHECKED GOOD. RIGHT AIL 112884 SRVO OK NOW, NO FAULTS. PERFORMED AUTOPILOT CAT-III AUTOLAND TEST PER MM. ILS OPS CHECK PER MM. TEST OKAY. AIRCRAFT OK TO CAT-III STATUS.