Service difficulty report · Servo · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
October 19, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N224US
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft serial
21666
Part
Servo
Part number
110010121
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 357 - DURING CRUISE AT FL330 WITH AUTOTHROTTLE ENGAGED, NR 1 THROTTLE BEGAN MOVING 1 OR 2 INCHES IN EITHER DIRECTIONS. POWER WAS CHANGING WITH THROTTLE MOVEMENT. CAPT DISCONNECTED AUTOTHROTTLE AND NR 1 THRUST LEVER BECAME FROZEN AT CRUISE POWER. NR 1 THRUST LEVER COULD NOT BE MOVED MANUALLY OR WITH AUTOTHROTTLES. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND FLT DIVERTED TO CLT. NR 1 ENG WAS SHUT DOWN 10 MINS PRIOR TO LANDING TO ELIMINATE CRUISE POWER ON LANDING. AFTER THE NR 1 ENG WAS SHUT DOWN, THRUST LEVER WAS FREE TO MOVE TO IDLE WHERE IT WAS THEN LOCKED IN POSITION. FLT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND A BENT ACT ARM FOR SWITCH S-139 ON AUTOTHROTTLE CLUTCH. R/R'D LEFT AUTOTHROTTLE CLUTCH SERVO