Service difficulty report · Autothrottle Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 29, 2017
Submitted
May 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35203
Aircraft time
20,633 hours, 5,957 cycles
Part
Autothrottle Sys
Condition
Intermittent
Part time
54,340 hours, 21,991 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

AUTOTHROTTLE WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED. ACFT GROUNDED. AUTOTHROTTLE CURRENT STATUS TEST PASSED. RAN SERVO MOTOR TEST, NO FAULTS. CURRENT STATUS SHOWS SEVERAL ASM-2 FAULTS AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED. REPLACED THE NR 2 AUTOTHROTTLE SERVO MOTOR AS A PRECAUTION DUE TO SEVERAL LOGGED FAILURES ON SEVERAL LEGS. OPS NORMAL IAW AMM 22-31-91.