Service difficulty report · Relay · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
December 25, 2000
Submitted
March 20, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N387US
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
22959
Part
Relay
Part number
91238071
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Ee Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MCO - FLT 82 - AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING OUT FROM MCO WHEN THE CREW REALIZED THAT THE STABILIZER TRIM WAS NOT WORKING. CAPTAIN RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND THE STABILIZER TRIM BEGAN WORKING FINE. DURING CLIMB-OUT, CAPTAIN TRIED TO TRIM STABILIZER ELECTRICALLY, BUT IT WOULD NOT NOVE FROM EITHER YOKE SWITCH. CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR ACTUATOR AND CONTROL WERE BOTH SET. CAPTAIN TRIMMED STABILIZER MANUALLY AND RETURNED TO FIELD AT MCO. WHILE ON BASE LEG, ELECTRIC TRIM STARTED TO WORK NORMALLY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE R64 MAIN STABILIZER CONTROL RELAY AS PRECAUTIONARY. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK PER MM 27-41-00. O

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