Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 73776N

Difficulty date
January 13, 2005
Submitted
January 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N997AM
Make and model
Boeing 73776N
Aircraft serial
30283
Aircraft time
8,496 hours, 5,953 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
285A12001
Part serial
D00037
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
27 hours, 18 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, ATS DID NOT MAINTAIN SPEED, SPEED BRAKES DID NOT ARM, LIGHT TURNED ON, CAPT FLT DIRECTOR TURNED OFF, ALL ALERTS SOUND TURNED OFF, ILS WAS IN PARALLEL TO THE LOCALIZER AND PWS LIGHT TURNED ON. VERIFICATION FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED CONFIRMING FAILURE IN AUTOMATIC PILOT SYSTEM A. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE, RADIO ALTIMETERS 3 AND 4, FSEU AND CONTROL MODULE WERE REPLACED IAW MM, RESPECTIVELY. ILS WAS TESTED IAW MM, ALL CORRECT. AUTOMATIC PILOT "A" SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 22-1. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE 14/15 FCC "A" AND "B" AND MCP WERE REPLACED IAW MM, ALL CORRECT. DFG SYSTEM WAS TESTED IAW 22-11-00 AND 22-31-00, ALL CORRECT AND DEFERRED REPORT WAS CLOSED.

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