Service difficulty report · Button · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
July 28, 2020
Submitted
July 31, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N461AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36363
Aircraft time
24,421 hours, 7,816 cycles
Part
Button
Condition
Sticking
Location
Control Panel
Part time
16,280 hours, 5,109 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

MCP BUTTONS STICK AND TAKES SEVERAL PUSHES OF HDG SEL AND LNAV BUTTONS TO GET THEM TO ACTIVE MODE WITH A GREEN LIGHT. GROUNDED - YES. REPLACED MCP WITH SERVICEABLE ONE. ACCOMP MCP INSTL TEST, TEST PASS. ALSO ACCOMP DFCS MCP REPLACEMENT TEST & LAND VERIFY TEST FOR LLM TESTS, TEST PASS REF B737-900 AMM 22-11-34-400-801 & AMM 22-11-34, & AMM 22-11-00.