Service difficulty report · Director · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 6, 2019
Submitted
October 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35185
Aircraft time
47,811 hours, 14,223 cycles
Part
Director
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE 350 FOR APPROX 10 MIN BOTH FLIGHT DIRECTOR DISPLAYS DISAPPEARED, A AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED, BOTH HEADING BUS DISPLAYS & SPEED BUG DISPLAYS ON DU'S LOCKED UP. RAN MCP LOCK UP CHECKLIST INCLUDING CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET -NO EFFECT. AFTER APPROX 15 MIN FO FLIGHT DIRECTOR RETURNED, AFTER APPROX 20 MIN CAPT FD RETURNED. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED DFCS CURRENT STATUS AND FLT FAULT REVIEW FOR CHAN A & B. NO CURRENT FAULTS. CH A LOGGED 5 OCCURRENCES OF FAULT 22-11607, CH B LOGGED (5) OCCURRENCES OF FAULT 22-11627 AND (1) OCCURRENCE OF FAULT 22-11607. ALL FAULT ARE MCP LRU FAULTS AND OCCURRED WITHIN 8 MINUTES OF FLT LEG 1. PERFORMED ALL LRU TESTS ASSOCIATED WITH FAULTS REF B737-800 FIM 22-11 TASK 801. NO CURRENT FAULTS. PERFORMED MCP TEST-DFCS GROUP 70 FOR CH A & B. NO FAULTS FOUND. ALL TESTS PASS. ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL-ALL TESTS PASS REF FIM 22-11 TASK 817.