Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 9, 2018
Submitted
October 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N517AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35197
Aircraft time
37,840 hours, 11,206 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
W0443017KB20W044
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
LD
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.

What was found

DURING ARRIVAL TO SEA 34L, AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT DISCONNECT USING THE AUTOPILOT DISENGAGE BUTTON ON EITHER YOKE. USED DISENGAGE BAR ON THE MCP PANEL TO DISCONNECT A/P, APPROX 300AGL. GROUNDED - YES. REF DFCS BITE FIM 22-11 TASK 801, NO FAULTS LOGGED LAST LEG. VERIFIED CAPT AND FO YOKE A/P SWITCHES WILL NOT DISENGAGE B CHANNEL. A CHANNEL DISCONNECTED NORMAL. SWAPPED FCC-A WITH FCC-B COMPUTER, FAULT REMAINS ON THE B CHANNEL. RETURNED FCC'S TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS THE FAULT DISAPPEARED. REPLACED FO A/P DISC SW REF AMM 22-11-41-400-801. NO HELP. REMOVED FCC-B FOR TROUBLESHOOTING MX MESSAGE 22-11282. FOUND CAPT CONTROL COLUMN WIRE BUNDLE DAMAGED FROM RUDDER PEDAL CONTROL QUADRANT W0443-0017KB-20 AND W0443-0004KA-20 SHORTED TOGETHER AND BURNT. REINSTALLED FCC-B REF AMM 22-11-33-400-801 PARA 3F(1) (2). REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAINS CONTROL COLUMN PER AMM 27-31-51. AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT SWITCHES OPS NORMAL REF AMM 27-31-51-400-801. ACCOMPLISHED LLM MAINTENANCE TEST FOR FCC A, DFCS LRU REPLACEMENT TEST FOR DFCS/AT, BITE TEST GROUP 35, ALL TESTS PASS. ACCOMPLISHED LAND VERIFY TEST, BITE TEST GROUP 49, ALL TEST PASS, REF AMM 22-11-33-400-801, PARA J(1)(A)(B). ACCOMPLISHED INSTALLATION/LLM TEST OF FCC 'B' REF AMM 22-11-33. NO DEFECTS NOTED. GROUND VERIFICATION OF FCC'S SUCCESSFUL. ACCOMPLISHED INSTALLATION TEST OF F/O'S AUTOPILOT DISENGAGE SW REF AMM 22-11-41. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.