Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 7, 2022
Submitted
March 9, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35199
Aircraft time
41,625 hours, 12,044 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
4082260939
Part serial
31199853
Condition
Faulty
Location
Flight Deck
Part time
55,207 hours, 25,549 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AUTO PILOT DISENGAGED TWICE ON FLIGHT. FIRST TIME AS WE LEVELED AT FL 370 AT CRUISE. SECOND TIME ON THE DESCENT AS POWER WAS COMING UP TO CORRECT SPEED A/P DISENGAGED AND AIRCRAFT PITCH DOWN AS IT SEEMED OUT OF TRIM. GROUNDED - YES. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS BITE FAULT REVIEW FOUND 5 CHANNEL A FAULTS RELATED TO MCP. REMOVED AND REPLACED DFCS MCP ACCOMPLISHED INSTALLATION AND LLM TESTS WITH NO FAULTS NOTED REF B737-800 AMM 22-11-34-400-801.