Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 15, 2014
Submitted
August 19, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35684
Aircraft time
26,265 hours, 7,692 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
8221567102AS
Part serial
16N1KR
Condition
Faulted
Location
Flight Deck
Part time
26,281 hours, 7,700 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

AUTOPILOT "B" INOPERATIVE IN VERTICAL SPEED MODE. OPERATES NORMALLY IN ALL OTHER MODES. AUTOPILOT "A" OPERATES NORMALLY IN ALL MODES. ACFT GROUNDED. CONFIRMED FAULT, MCP VERTICAL SPEED CH B FAILS MCP INTERACTIVE TESTS MSG 22-11063. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 22-11, TASK 817 AND RECONFIRMED MCP FAULT. REPLACED MCP IAW AMM 22-11-34. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS LRU INTERFACE TESTS, GP 32, IAW AMM 22-11-34/501, DFCS LAND VERIFY TEST (GP 49) IAW AMM 22-11-00/ 201, AND HGS SENSOR TEST IAW SMM 34-36-00, OPS CK NORMAL.