Service difficulty report · Yaw Damper · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
November 20, 2011
Submitted
November 30, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N199UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28717
Aircraft time
57,779 hours, 6,831 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Yaw Damper
Part number
285U0013204
Part serial
15
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Autopilot Sys
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

YAW DAMPER UPPER STATUS MSG. UPPER YAW DAMPER INOP, MAYBE DUE TO MODULE FAULT, ACTUATOR FAULT, IRU'S OFF OR IN ALIGN, ENGAGE SW OFF, OR MODULE POWER OFF. CHRONIC ITEM NO TIME. PERFORMED GND TEST PER MEL. INBOUND FAULT 22601. NEED TO ACCOMPLISH FIM 22-21 TASK 803. WILL REQUIRE UPPER YDM M7362 REPLACED. PREV HIST FOR EXCITATION FAULT HAS NOT RETURNED, THE ONLY Y-D FAULT MSG SENT IS 22601. REF PREVIOUS LEG FAULT FOR MAINT MSG 22601, FOR FIM TASK 22-21-803, REPLACED M7362 PER MM. ACCOMPLISHED YAW DAMPER GRND TEST AND YAW DAMPER ACTUATOR GRND TEST. BOTH TESTS GOOD.