Service difficulty report · Yaw Damper · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
October 26, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23988
Part
Yaw Damper
Part number
4030952906
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
34,900 hours
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
O
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 1669 - ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT 110-120 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT PULLED HARD TO THE LEFT AND THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED AND THE CREW SUSPECTED A BLOWN TIRE. CHECKLIST WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT CLT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. AT THE GATE, NO BLOWN TIRES WERE FOUND. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE YAW DAMPER COUPLER HAD FAILED. REPLACED SAME. BITE AND OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M)