Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 8, 2013
Submitted
May 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35691
Aircraft time
18,294 hours, 5,720 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
8221567102AS
Part serial
14GFH
Condition
Stuck
Location
Flight Deck
Part time
33,920 hours, 13,350 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ALTITUDE SELECT WINDOW ON THE MCP IS STUCK ON 9000FT. ACFT GROUNDED. ALTITUDE WINDOW ON MCP INTERMITTENTLY GOES TO 50,000 AND 8,100FT ON ITS OWN. ALTITUDE ON BOTH PFDS FOLLOW MCP. REPLACED MCP REF AMM 22-11-34. OPS CHECK NORMAL. LAND VERIFY TEST PASSED REF AMM 22-11-00 HGS SENSOR TEST NORMAL REF AMM 34-36-00. ACFT REMAINS CAT IIIA AUTOLAND AND HGS STATUS PLACARD CHECKED. SEAM C ETOPS NOTIFIED MARCUS. VERIFIED PART EFFECTIVITY WITH SEAM C.