Service difficulty report · Autoland Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 18, 2014
Submitted
October 21, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
29,059 hours, 8,731 cycles
Part
Autoland Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

AUTOPILOT LINED UP SLIGHTLY TO THE LT OF THE LOCALIZER AND FLEW THE ENTIRE APPROACH TO THE LT. AIRPLANE WOULD HAVE LANDED ON LT EDGE OF RUNWAY. DISCONNECTED A/P AND CORRECTED TO CENTERLINE. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED TASK-FIM 22-11, TASK 825. NO FAULTS LOGGED EITHER DFCS COMPUTERS, HGS SHOWED APPROACH WARNING, XTK RATE EXCEED FAULT. PERFORMED BITE 49 LAND VERIFY TEST AND HGS OPERATIONAL, SYSTEM IAW SMM 34-36-00. NO HISTORY LAST 30 DAYS. ACFT REMAINS CAT IIIA AUTOLAND AND HGS QUALITY STATUS SCREW SHOWS SAME.