Service difficulty report · Autopilot Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 11, 2016
Submitted
November 14, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35184
Aircraft time
37,057 hours, 11,427 cycles
Part
Autopilot Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DESCENDING THROUGH FL245, AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED. A/C REMAINED LNAV/VNAV PATH AND I WAS ABLE TO RE-ENGAGE SUCCESSFULLY. GROUNDED - YES. BITE CHK DFCS, NO CURRENT FAULTS, OPS NORMAL, IAW FIM 22-11 TSK 801. PERFORMED B737-800 FIM 22-11 TASK 801 CURRENT STATUS TESTS FOR AUTOPILOT GRP 11. TESTS OK. PERFORMED LWMP TESTS IAW AMM 22-00-01 AND 22-11-31 DFCS LRU INTERFACE TEST FOR FCC, TESTS OK. PERFORMED LAND VERIFY IAW AMM 22-11-00/201 AND HGS SENSOR TEST FOR FCC. ALL TESTS OK. HGS SYS TEST OK. ACFT UPGRADED TO CAT III A AUTOLAND AND HGS QUAL.