Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
January 15, 2017
Submitted
January 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N477AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
40716
Aircraft time
6,334 hours, 2,069 cycles
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Tripped
Location
Autopilot B
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 PILOT B INOPERATIVE, WOULD NOT ENGAGE. CIRCUIT BREAKER P6-2 B4 TRIPPED. ACFT GROUNDED. DIGITAL FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM (DFCS) BITE PROCEDURE IAW AMM 22-11-00. NO AUTO PILOT DISCONNECT FAULTS FOUND. DUE TO AFCS SYSTEM B ENGAGE INTERLOCK CIRCUIT BREAKER FOUND OPEN. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS OPS TEST IAW AMM 22-11-00. ACCOMPLISHED MCP CMD/CWS INTERLOCK BITE TEST 60.58, DISENGAGE BITE LIBRARY 60.62, MACH TRIM 60.33, SPEED / STAB TRIM BITE 60.32. ALL TESTS PASSED.