Service difficulty report · Autothrottle Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 9, 2023
Submitted
January 12, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N563AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35180
Aircraft time
58,249 hours, 17,142 cycles
Part
Autothrottle Sys
Condition
Faulted
Stage of operation
NR
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

AUTO THROTTLE WILL NOT ARM. GROUNDED - YES. INITIAL EVALUATION, PERFORMED A/T BITE IAW FIM 22-31 TASK 801. PASSES CURRENT STATUS TEST AND INTERACTIVE SERVO MOTOR AND TORQUE TESTS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. INFLIGHT FAULT REVIEW SHOWS LEGS 6 & 7 HAVE MULTIPLE HITS ALL FOR MTX MSG 22-31543 A/T ENG 28VDC INV INDICATING AN MCP TO A/T SWITCH POWER ISSUE. DUE TO MCP JUST RECENTLY HAVING BEEN REPLACED, PERFORMED DFCS BITE, FAULT REVIEW, CURRENT STATUS/AUTO TEST IAW AMM 22-11-00-740-801, MCP TEST IAW AMM 22-11-00-740-806, & LAND VERIFY IAW AMM 22-11-00-700-801 AS PRECAUTIONARY, NO FAULTS FOUND. MCP CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. FOLLOWING FIM 22-31 TASK 830, NO FAULTS ACTIVE AT THIS TIME. NO HISTORY FOR MTX MSG 22-31543. CAT III AUTOLAND APPROACH IS AUTHORIZED.