Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 15, 2016
Submitted
September 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35191
Aircraft time
32,637 hours, 9,887 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autopilot Sys
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING AUTOLAND AND HGS APPROACH TO 16R AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PITCH DOWN ABRUPTLY RT AT POINT IT SHOULD HAVE INITIATED FLARE. AUTOPILOT WAS DISCONNECTED AND ACFT LANDED MANUALLY. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS FFR, GROUP 10 AND GROUP 11, ALL TEST PASSED AND NO FAULTS LOGGED. ACCOMPLISHED LANDING VERIFY TEST, GROUP BITE 49, ALL TEST PASSED, REF AMM 22-11-00/201. ACCOMPLISHED HGS FFR, NO FAULTS LOGGED. ACCOMPLISHED SYS TEST, ALL TEST OPS NORMAL AND ACCOMPLISHED SENSORS DATA TEST, ALL TEST OPS NORMAL, REF SMM 34-36-00. ACFT REMAINS CAT IIIA AUTOLAND AND HGS QUALIFIED, SCREW REFLECT SAME.