Service difficulty report · Flight Dir · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
March 10, 2018
Submitted
March 21, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N493AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41727
Aircraft time
7,385 hours, 2,502 cycles
Part
Flight Dir
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Captain'S
Stage of operation
CL
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 FAILED AFTER TAKE OFF. RECONNECTED AT CRUISE. FAILED AGAIN DURING DESCENT. THE CAPTAIN`S AUTOPILOT A DISCONNECTED. AUTOPILOT B WORKED, MA LIGHTS KEPT SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH. CAPTAIN`S FLIGHT DIRECTOR FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED FIM 22-11 / 801. DFCS BITE, NO FAULTS NOTED, NO ACTIVE OR HISTORICAL FAULTS. FAULTS FOUND ON CHANNELS A OR B. BITE CHECKS PASSED BOTH CHANNEL A & B.