Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
September 22, 2018
Submitted
September 24, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N433AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41704
Aircraft time
19,605 hours, 6,460 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
8221567102
Part serial
17HGVD
Condition
Overheated
Location
Cockpit
Part time
27,346 hours, 11,411 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AUTOPILOT B WILL NOT ENGAGE. GROUNDED - YES. CONFIRMED FAULT, A/P B WILL NOT ENGAGE. FOUND AFCS SYS B ENGAGE INTLK C/B AT P6-2 WILL NOT RESET. TROUBLESHOT TO DEFECTIVE MCP & FOUND 3 EA LAMINATED CREW CHECK LISTS WEDGED BEHIND MCP. OVERHEATING MCP. REMOVED ALL CHECK LISTS, REMOVED & REPLACED MCP REF AMM 22-11-34. ACCOMPLISHED MCP INSTALLATION TEST REF AMM 22-11-34-740-801, DFCS MCP TEST REF AMM 22-11-34/501, DFCS LAND VERIFY TEST (GP 49) REF AMM 22-11-00 & HGS SYSTEM TEST REF SMM 34-36-00, OPS CK NML.