Service difficulty report · Autopilot Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 31, 2012
Submitted
April 2, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35684
Aircraft time
17,014 hours, 5,086 cycles
Part
Autopilot Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
DE
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

SPEED CONTROL WOULD GO FROM SLOW & THE THROTTLES WOULDN'T INCREASE. MANUALLY MOVEED THOTTLES. SPEED WOULD GO TOO FAST AND HAD TO MANUALLY MOVE THROTTLES BACK. HAPPENED IN VPATH AND LEVEL CHANGE. MAINLY HAPPENED IN DESCENT. NOT AS BAD IN THE CLIMB. AUTOTHROTTLES NO FAULTS. PERFORMED AUTOTHROTTLE CURRENT STATUS TEST SERVO MOTOR TEST AND TORQUE TEST PER FIM 22-31-00-810-801 ALL TESTS PASSED. AOA VANE DATA SHOWED VANE DIFF WITHIN LIMITS. ADIRU NO FAULTS PER FIM 34-21-00-810-801. PERFORMED DFCS GROUP NR 10 (CURRENT STATUS) NR 11 (A/P) NR 12 (FD) NR 14 (SPEED TRIM) AND NR 49 (LAND VERIFY) TESTS PER MM 22-11-00. ALL TESTS PASS. ALSO PERFORMED HGS FAULT REVIEW AND HGS SYS TEST PER HGS SMM 34-36-00, ALL TESTS PASSED.