Service difficulty report · Autothrottle Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 30, 2012
Submitted
December 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35185
Aircraft time
22,429 hours, 6,730 cycles
Part
Autothrottle Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AUTOTHROTTLE DISCONNECTS AFTER APPROX 3 SECONDS WHEN SWITCH SET TO ARM DURING TAKEOFF, A/T DISCONNECTED IN TOGA AS THROTTLES ADVANCED. RT THROTTLE APPEARED TO LAG OR NOT MOVE AT ALL. SAME RESULT WHEN ENGAGED DURING CLIMB AND CRUISE. N1S WERE NORMAL WITH NO THROTTLE SPLIT WHEN SET MANUALY. EECS WORKING NORMALLY. ACCOMPLISHED AUTO THROTTLE SYS TEST - NO DEFECT. ACCOMPLISHED AUTOTHROTTLE SERVO MOTOR TEST 15X NO DEFECT. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS BITE 32 LRU REPLACEMENT TEST FOR MCP NO DEFECT. BITE 49 LAND VERIFY NO DEFECT. HGS SENSOR TEST FOR FCC/AT NO DEFECT. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL ALL TESTS.