Service difficulty report · Autopilot Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 19, 2021
Submitted
January 21, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35200
Aircraft time
36,960 hours, 10,645 cycles
Part
Autopilot Sys
Condition
Disconnected
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

A/C WAS PROPERLY CONFIGURED FOR AN AUTOLAND APPROACH INTO SEATTLE. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL DURING. A/C WAS ON SPEED AND PROPERLY TRACKING THE LOCALIZER AND GLIDESLOPE. AT 50' ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE "APCH WARN" LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND "NO AIII" APPEARED IN THE HGS. THE AUTOPILOT ALSO DISCONNECTED. I HAD THE RUNWAY IN SIGHT AND MADE A MANUAL LANDING. GROUNDED-YES. FCC'S LOGGED 22-11415, 22-11479, 22-11414, 22-11552. NO HISTORY. PERFORMED B737-800 FIM 22-14 TASK 801. FCC A&B BITE IS NORMAL. LAND VERIFY BITE GRP NR 48 NORMAL. HGS SYSTEM TEST NORMAL, REF SMM 34-36-00. OK FOR SERVICE.