Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
October 27, 2019
Submitted
November 6, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
61620
Aircraft time
14,302 hours, 4,558 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Stage of operation
DE
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 DESCENT THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT AURAL WARNING FAILED TO SOUND WHEN AUTOPILOT B WAS DISCONNECTED AT FO YOKE SWITCH. THE DISCONNECT LIGHT DID ILLUMINATE DURING DISCONNECT. SAME RESULT FOR AUTOPILOT A. SAME RESULT WHEN USING DISCONNECT SWITCH ON CAPTAINS YOKE. GROUNDED - YES. REF B737-900 SSM 31-51-11-102, B737-900 WDM 22-14-11-2, B737-900 AMM 22-11-34/401, AMM 31-51-04. CONFIRMED FAULT, ACCOMPLISHED CONTINUITY CHECK ON MCP CONNECTOR D299, PIN 48 TO CONNECTOR D940 PIN 4 ON AURAL WARNING MODULE. SHOWED OPEN. FOUND BROKEN WIRE AT PIN 4 OF CONNECTOR D940 TO AURAL WARNING MODULE. REPAIRED WIRE. AURAL WARNING MODULE OPS TEST NORMAL. REF AMM 22-11-34/401. ALL REQUIRED TESTS PASSED. THIS CLEARS MEL 22-2F, 22-99B.