Service difficulty report · Autothrottle Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 22, 2019
Submitted
March 6, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35204
Aircraft time
28,071 hours, 8,168 cycles
Part
Autothrottle Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1 Engine
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.

What was found

A/T WONT STAY ENGAGED. NUMBER 1 ENG SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. GROUNDED - YES. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DEFECT. PERFORMED AUTOTHROTTLE BITE PER B737-800 FIM 22-31 TASK 801 - CURRENT STATUS TEST SHOWS NO FAULTS AND THROTTLE TEST PASSED. LOCATED ASM-1 RATE MONITOR FAULT NOTED PREVIOUSLY (FAULT CODE 22-31687) AND PERFORMED INITIAL EVALUATION FOR FAULT 22-31687 PER FIM 22-32 TASK 819 - INITIAL EVALUATION DID NOT CONFIRM FAULT. PERFORMED AUTOTHROTTLE OPERATIONAL TEST PERB737-800 AMM 22-31-00-710-801 - ALL TESTS PASSED. CLEARS MEL 22-4B AND MEL 22-99B.