Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 27, 2011
Submitted
September 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35693
Aircraft time
9,949 hours, 3,006 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autothrottle Sys
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AUTOTHROTTLE WILL NOT ENGAGE ON TAXI OUT. SWITCH DOES NOT HOLD IN "ARM" POSITION. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. A/T INFLIGHT FAULTS SHOWED 21 OCCURRANCES OF MAINT. MESSAGE 22 31502 FOR ASM 2 ON LEG 4. PERFORMED A/T BITE CURRENT STATUS TEST SEVERAL TIMES REF MM 22 31 00 ALL TESTS PASSED. ALSO PERFORMED A/T SERVO MOTOR TEST MULTIPLE TIMES REF MM 22 31 00. AFTER FAILING THE FIRST TEST FOR ASM 2 CYCLED AUTOTROTTLE DC1 C/B. ALL SUBSEQUENT SERVO MOTOR TESTS PASSED. OPS NORMAL.