Service difficulty report · Selector Panel · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 29, 2014
Submitted
July 1, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36482
Aircraft time
20,638 hours, 6,169 cycles
Part
Selector Panel
Condition
Failed
Location
Altitude
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

THE ALTITUDE SELECTOR ON THE MCP WILL NOT CHANGE ALTITUDES. ACFT GROUNDED. CONFIRMED FAULT, MCP ALTITUDE NUMBERS FROZEN. PULLED AND RESET "MCP DC2" CIRCUIT BREAKER AT P6-2 PANEL, MCP ALTITUED SELECTOR WILL FUNCTION FOR A WHILE THEN FREEZES UP. REPLACED DFCS MCP AS PRECAUTION IAW AMM 22-11-34 OPS CHECKED NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS LRU INTERFACE TEST IAW AMM 22-11-34 (GP 32), DFCS LAND VERIF TEST (GP 49) IAW AMM 22-11-00, AND HGS SENSORS TEST IAW SMM 34-36-00, OPS CHECKED NORMAL. ACFT LWMP STATUS REMAINS AT CAT3A AUTOLAND & HGS, CAT SCREW REFLECT SAME.