Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
January 2, 2017
Submitted
January 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43293
Aircraft time
12,413 hours, 4,040 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Autothrottle Sys
Stage of operation
NR
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

AUTO THROTTLES WILL NOT ENGAGE. ACFT GROUNDED. CONFIRMED FAULT, A/T FAILS BITE TEST. BOTH DFCS & A/T FAULT HISTORY PAGE SHOWS NUMEROUS FAULT MESSAGES 22-31502 ASM-2 & 22-31263 CH-A ARM A/T . ACCOMPLISHED GVI INSPECTION OF A/T DC-1 C/B AT P18-1 (E1). WIRING AT C/B IS SECURE, BUT FOUND A/T DC-1 C/B WIRING (6 INCH) GOING TO THE SYSTEM-A FCC DC C/B AT P18-1 (D2) IS BARELY ATTACHED. SECURED WIRING IAW W/D 22-31-31-4. ACCOMPLISHED A/T BITE TEST & INTERACTIVE THROTTLE SERVO MOTOR TEST IAW AMM 22-31-00 & AMM 22-31-91, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.