Service difficulty report · Autopilot Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 19, 2017
Submitted
August 21, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36482
Aircraft time
32,805 hours, 9,815 cycles
Part
Autopilot Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
B System
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 FLIGHT AT FL 380, THE AUTOPILOT B DISENGAGED. BOTH A AND B ENGAGE BUTTONS WERE PRESSED, HOWEVER NEITHER AUTOPILOT WOULD ENGAGE. THE MCP LED DISPLAYS WERE BLANK AND THE BACK LIGHTING WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY THE VNAV AND LNAV SELECTOR BUTTON LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING. THIS CONDITION LASTED APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS. NORMAL INDICATIONS WERE RESTORED AND THE B AP WAS RE ENGAGED. GROUNDED - YES. REF B737-800 FIM 22-11 TASK 801 ACCOMPLISHED DFCS BITE TEST CURRENT STATUS CHECK OK. ON FLIGHT REVIEW A CHANNEL NO FAULTS. ON RELATED FLT LEG B CHANNEL LOGGED MCP FAULT 22-11607. PERFORMED FIM 22-11 TASK 803 MCP TEST NORMAL NO FAULTS LOGGED. NOTE ON FLIGHT REVIEW NO AUTO PILOT OR FLT DIRECTOR FAULTS LOGGED. NO HISTORY 30 DAYS.