Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 1, 2014
Submitted
January 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35684
Aircraft time
24,126 hours, 7,074 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
251A12305
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nr 4 Spoiler
Stage of operation
AP
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

TWICE ON ILS, LOC AND G/S CAPTURED, ACFT NOSED OR PITCHED DOWN EXCESSIVELY. VISUAL CHECK END OF RUNWAY G/S TRANSMITTER WAS NOT BLOCKED, AUTOPILOT. ACFT GROUNDED. C REW VERBAL INFO -A/P DID NOT DISCONNECT ON EITHER TIME. CREW DISCONNECTED A/P. NO FLT FAULTS LOGGED EITHER FCC A OR FCC B. PERFORMED ILS, SYSTEM TEST W/IFR-4000 AND PERFORMED LAND VERIFY BITE NR 49. FCC A PASS, FCC B DID NOT PASS DUE TO SPOIL 4 POSITION, SENSOR 2 FAULT. PERFORMED FIM 22-12, TASK 801. SPARE FCC USED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. NO HELP REINSTALLED ORIGINAL FCC B. ADJUSTED NR 4 SPOILER SENSOR. LAND VERIFY TEST NOW PASS. INSTALLATION TEST FOR FCC GOOD REF AMM 22-11-33. DFCS A PASS LAND VERIFY TEST ILS SYS GOOD REF 34-31-00. NO HISTORY LAST 90 DAYS. ACFT WILL SHOW CAT IIIA HGS ONLY -STATUS SCREW SAME.