Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 16, 2017
Submitted
March 20, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35691
Aircraft time
33,042 hours, 9,952 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autopilot Sys
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING CRUISE FL 330 "B" A/P DISCONNECTED BY ITSELF, NO HYDRAULIC ANOMALIES NOTED OR TURBULENCE. REENGAGED B A/P, WORKED FOR THE REST OF THE FLIGHT. GROUNDED - YES. DFCS GROUP 20 SHOWED TWO AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTS LOGGED BY FCC-B ON LEG 10 - ONE CAUSED BY FAULT 22-11701 "COLUMN OVERRIDE" AND ONE CAUSED BY FAULT 22-11607 "MCP DATA INVALID". FOR FAULT 22-11701, ACCOMPLISHED T/S PER B737-800 FIM 22-12 TASK 805 - PERFORMED DFCS GROUP 55 (PITCH CWS RIGGING) TEST PER AMM 22-11-00-820-806 AND GROUP 47 (PITCH SENSOR) TEST PER FIM 22-11 TASK 802 - ALL TESTS PASS. FOR FAULT 22-11607, ACCOMPLISHED T/S PER FIM 22-11 TASK 817 - PERFORMED DFCS GROUP 70 (MCP TESTS) PER FIM 22-11 TASK 803 AND DFCS GROUP 32 (MCP LRU INTERFACE) TEST PER AMM 22-11-34-740-801 - ALL TESTS PASS. PERFORMED DFCS GROUP 49 (LAND VERIFY) PER AMM 22-11-00-700-801 AND HGS SYSTEM TEST PER HGS SMM 34-36-00 - ALL TESTS PASS. AIRCRAFT IS QUALIFIED FOR CAT IIIA AUTOLAND AND HGS OPS AND STATUS PLACARD REFLECTS SAME.