Service difficulty report · Autoland Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 30, 2015
Submitted
December 2, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35203
Aircraft time
15,202 hours, 4,455 cycles
Part
Autoland Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
LD
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

AUTOLAND/HGS 16L ACFT HAD LT MAIN WHEEL LINED UP WITH RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS. DISCONNECT THE AUTO PILOT AND HAD TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CORRECTION AT 100FT TO LINE UP WITH THE CENTER LINE. IN ACTUAL WEATHER COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG ISSUE. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED DFCS FAULT REVIEW, BITE GRP 20, NO FAULTS RELATED TO AUTOLAND APPROACH. PERFORMED HGS FAULT REVIEW IAW SMM REF 34-36-00, NO FAULTS. PERFORMED ADDITIONAL MINIMUM TESTS TO MAINTAIN ACFT LWMP STATUS AS FOLLOWS, DFCS LAND VERIFY TEST, BITE GRP NR 49, IAW AMM 22-11-00/201, AND HGS SYSTEM TEST IAW 34-36-00, ALL TESTS PASS.