Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 6, 2012
Submitted
November 9, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
22,904 hours, 7,082 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Autothrottle
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DISCONNECTED AUTOTHROTTLE FOR ENGINE CONDITION MONITOR. AFTER ENGAGING AUTOTHROTTLE SWITCH, WHITE AUTOTHROTTLE LIMIT APPEARED ON UPPER DISPLAY UNIT. GREEN CARETS CORRESPOND TO THRUST LIMIT SELECTED ON N1 LIMIT PAGE OF FMC. ON DESCENT OUT OF FL 380, RETURNED TO GREEN CR2 MODE. REMOVED, CLEANED AND INSPECTED EEC CONNECTORS DP303, DP404. ASSOCIATED FIREWALL CONNECTORS DP0324, DP0460. NO FAULTS NOTED. CONNECTED ALL CONNECTORS. PERFORMED TASK 71-00-00-700-808-F00 . NO RECENT FAULT FOR FLIGHT LEG 0. A/T BITE TEST SHOWS NO CURRENT FAULTS.