Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
January 3, 2019
Submitted
January 11, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N344PP
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31272
Aircraft time
4,492 hours, 1,774 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Condition
Intermittent
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

BOTH FLIGHT DIRECTORS BECAME INTERMITTENT DURING CLIMB OUT. FD NR 2 OCCASIONALLY HAD FD CAUTION . FD NR 2 WAS TURNED OFF, FD NR 1APPEARED TO ACT NORMALLY. COULD NOT GET FD DISPLAY ON FRS SIDE REGARDLESS OF FD SOURCE SELECTION ON OVERHEAD PANEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. RAN BITE TEST ON A/P SYSTEM AND FOUND THE NR 2 AUTOPILOT INOPERATIVE. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 22-11-00-810-801. REPLACED DFCS MODE CONTROL PANEL IAW AMM 22-11-34. ACCOMPLISHED LAND VERIFY TEST IAW AMM 22-11-00, HUD OPERATIONAL TEST IAW AMM 34-36-00, ALL TESTS PASSED. FIRST OFFICER'S AUTOPILOT NO.2 CHECKS NORMAL.