What was found
AUTOTHROTTLE ARM/OFF SWITCH IS LOOSE. ACFT GROUNDED. NOTED THE AUTOTHROTTLE SWITCH POST HAS SHIFTED IN THE SWITCH INTERNALS. REMOVED AND REPLACED DFCS MCP IAW AMM 22-11-34/401. TESTS PASSED WITHOUT FAULTS.
- Difficulty date
- February 14, 2018
- Submitted
- February 21, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N508AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35691
- Aircraft time
- 36,718 hours, 11,018 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2210 · Autopilot System
- Part
- Switch
- Condition
- Loose
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 41,880 hours, 15,999 cycles
- 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.