Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
March 16, 2015
Submitted
March 18, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
35184
Aircraft time
30,707 hours, 9,593 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
4082260939ASA
Part serial
31199853
Condition
Faulted
Location
Autopilot
Part time
40,245 hours, 18,147 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

IN CRUISE AT FL 37.0 AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED IN A TURN RE-ENGAGED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION. ACFT GROUNDED. FLT FAULT REVIEW SHOWS "MCP DATA INVALID ", B CHANNEL HAS HISTORY BOTH A & B CHANNELS. REPLACED MCP, REF MM 22-11-34. PERFORMED BITE GPS NR 32, 49 LAND VERIFY & FCC/AT HGS SENSOR TEST. ALL TESTS NORMAL. ACFT REMAINS CATIIIA AUTOLAND & HGS STATUS PLACARD REFLECTS SAME.