Service difficulty report · Feel Unit · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
June 10, 2000
Submitted
August 23, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N336US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23233
Part
Feel Unit
Part number
162300103
Condition
Failed
Location
Stab Trim
Part time
40,948 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 1050 - AFTER T/O FROM CLT, AT APPROX 1,000 FT, THE ELEVATOR FEEL DIFFERENTIAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE NR 1 AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT ENGAGE, THE NR 1 ATC FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE NR 2 EGT IND FAILED AND THE LEFT PACK WAS BLOWING SO HARD IT CREATED A SQUEAL THROUGHOUT THE AIR VENTS MAKING COMMUNICATION IMPOSSIBLE. FLT RETURND TO FIELD AT CLT AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE ELEVATOR FEEL COMPUTER. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF SYSTEM PER MM 27-31-00. OP''S CHECK GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 ATC TRANSPONDER (P/N 066-01127-1101) PER MM 34-53-02. OP''S CHECK GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 EGT INDICATOR (P/N WL202-EED6). GROUND RAN A/C WIT