Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
May 7, 2019
Submitted
May 9, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N469AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41702
Aircraft time
18,907 hours, 6,233 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
8221567102
Part serial
41FG36
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
14,275 hours, 4,724 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

MODE CONTROL PANEL AIRSPEED CONTROL KNOB IN APP MODE ON FINAL APPROACH WAS INTERMITTENTLY LOCKED UP - BOTH TIMES EVENTUALLY ALLOWED US TO CONTROL THE IAS. GROUNDED - YES. R & RD DFCS MODE CONT PNL PER AMM 22-11-34 C/B'S PULLED/TAGGED AND UNTAGGED/RESET (9). SYS OPS CKS NML PER SAME.