Service difficulty report · Flight Dir · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 17, 2013
Submitted
April 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35179
Aircraft time
25,745 hours, 7,897 cycles
Part
Flight Dir
Condition
Inoperative
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CAPTAIN`S FLIGHT DIRECTOR DISAPPEARED AT GLIDE SLOPE INTERCEPT. TRIED TO RESTORE, MOMENTARILY CAME BACK AND THEN DISAPPEARED AGAIN. DFCS FFR LOGGED MMR/ILS RECEIVER-1 & RADIO ALT 1 FOR PREVIOUS FLT WITH NO OTHER OCCURRENCE IN FFR. NO HISTORY IN TRAX PAST 30 DAYS. PERFORMED ILS OPS TEST REF MM 34-31-00-710-801. PERFORMED DFCS LRU FOR MMR/ILS & LRRA AND HGS SENSOR FOR BOTH. ALSO PERFORMED LAND VERIFY TEST REF MM 22-00-01-730-801, ALL TEST PASSED. ACFT REMAINS CAT IIIA AUTOLAND & HGS QUALIFIED, STATUS SCREW REFLECT SAME.