Service difficulty report · Autopilot Sys · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 3, 2021
Submitted
August 5, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N448AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36356
Aircraft time
18,781 hours, 6,000 cycles
Part
Autopilot Sys
Condition
Faulted
Location
A System
Stage of operation
CL
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

AUTO PILOT "A" WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED. GROUNDED - YES. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS BITE PROCEDURE REF B737-900 FIM 22-11 TASK 801 FOR CHANNEL A. BITE TESTS PASSED. NO ACTIVE FAULTS IN CURRENT STATUS CHECK. THE 2 FAULTS THAT WERE STORED IN HISTORY ALL PASSED LRU TESTS RELATED TO THEM. NO HISTORY OF THIS FAULT HAS BEEN RECORDED IN THE LAST 60 DAYS. NO FAULTS ARE CURRENTLY PRESENT. ACCOMPLISHED SURFACE AND INTERACTIVE TESTS, WHICH BOTH PASSED, REF FIM 22-11 TASK 801. THE FIM HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED AT THIS TIME. THIS WILL CLEAR BOTH MELS 22-1F FOR THE AUTOPILOT BEING INOP AND THE 22-99B FOR THE AUTOLAND NOT AUTHORIZED DUE TO INOP EQUIPMENT.