Storminnorm
Didn't the 737 have problems with stab trim motor run-aways
years ago?
Rings a bell but I am not too sure why. Perhaps it was an issue on the Originals or the early Classics. There used to be an issue with the autopilot trimming the aircraft into an out of trim situation and then promptly giving up, but I think that was only an issue on the Originals.
The obvious one with the runaway situations were the ruder hard-overs. Doubt that was an issue here (but who can ever be 100% sure, except the investigators (sometimes)), but this aircraft was not fitted with a Spery autopilot from the Originals so the likelyhood of an out of trim is far removed from those early days when you had to disconnect the AP every once in a while during cruise just to see if the damn thing was still in trim. I am not sure if there is now a form of protection agains a runaway situation on the NGs (I have not done the differences - no one will let me anywhere near anything that new). Anyone shed any light?
RIX