Service difficulty report · Autoland Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 9, 2016
Submitted
August 11, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35185
Aircraft time
36,235 hours, 10,749 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

DURING PRACTICE HYBRID APPROACH, TRACKING & ALIGNMENT WAS GOOD UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 10-15 FEET AGL. AT THAT POINT THE ACFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. AT TOUCHED DOWN, THE ACFT WAS WELL RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE & CONTINUED DRIFTING RIGHT. DISENGAGED AUTOPILOT, STILL DRIFTING RIGHT, THE WHOLE FUSELAGE WAS RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 190 DEGREES AT 3 KNOTS. PROTECTED AREA WAS CLEAR. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED A FAULT REVIEW (BITE GROUP 20) AND A LAND VERIFY TEST (BITE GROUP 49) IAW AMM 22-00-01/201. ALL TESTS NORMAL, NO FAULTS NOTED. PERFORMED A HGS SYSTEM TEST IAW SMM 34-36-00. ALL TESTS NORMAL. PERFORMED A HGS FAULT REVIEW/ISOLATION TEST IAW SMM 34-36-00, FOUND FAULT 'ILS ANOMALY DETECT.' PERFORMED AN ILS/MMR DFCS LRU REPLACEMENT TEST (BITE GROUP 38), AND A HGS SENSOR TEST FOR MMR/ILS IAW SMM 34-36-00. ALL TESTS NORMAL. ACFT REMAINS CAT IIIA AUTOLAND & HGS QUALIFIED.