Service difficulty report · Autopilot Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 6, 2018
Submitted
February 7, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35683
Aircraft time
39,894 hours, 11,936 cycles
Part
Autopilot Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
AP
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

WHEN ENGAGING SECOND AUTOPILOT FOR AUTOLAND APPROACH B, THE AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED, ENGAGED AUTOPILOT A, ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE B AGAIN, SAME RESULT. UNABLE TO ATTEMPT APPROACH. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS BITE IAW FIM 22-11 TASK 801 CURRENT STATUS, AUTOPILOT PASSED. LEG 1 CHANNEL A FAULTED, MESSAGE 22-11054, CHANNEL B FAULTED, MESSAGE 22-11052, THREE TIMES. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 22-11 TASK 805, RT ALT -2 OUTPUT, NO FAULTS. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 22-11 TASK 801 FOR FCC-B, NO FAULTS. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING LAND VERIFY MESSAGE 22-11158 LOGGED. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 22-11 TASK 801 SPOILER 4 POSITION, WITH NO FURTHER FAULTS. ACCOMPLISHED AILERON RIGGING TEST IAW AMM 22-11-00, SPOILER 4 WITHIN LIMITS. ACCOMPLISHED LAND VERIFY IAW AMM 22-11-00 BITE GRP 49. GROUND FUNCTIONAL TESTS PASSED.