Service difficulty report · Autoland Sys · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 24, 2016
Submitted
December 27, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41705
Aircraft time
12,643 hours, 4,160 cycles
Part
Autoland Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON A PRACTICE CAT IIIA AUTOLAND APPROACH, AT APPROX 1,000 AGL, AUTOPILOT A DISENGAGED WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE. ALL PROCEDURES PERFORMED WERE STANDARD IAW A CAT III AUTOLAND APPROACH. ONCE NOTED WE PERFORMED A NORMAL MANUAL AAPROACH AND LANDING. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED DFCS BITE TEST IAW FIM 22-11 TASK 801 FAULT REVIEW. CURRENT STATUS, NO FAULTS. FAULT HISTORY - NO FAULT BY FLT LEG. PERFORMED LAND VERIFY IAW AMM 22-11-00/201. BITE GRP 49. TESTS OK. ALL LWMP REQUIRED TESTS COMPLETE AND OK IAW AMM 22-00-01.