Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 73781Q

Difficulty date
August 6, 2017
Submitted
August 14, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520AM
Make and model
Boeing 73781Q
Aircraft serial
29052
Aircraft time
55,021 hours, 19,871 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
8221567101
Part serial
98061419
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autothrottle
Part time
18,686 hours, 8,799 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING APPROACH AUTOTHROTTLE DISENGAGES CONTINUOUSLY, LEFT COURSE CAN NOT BE ADJUSTED DURING DESCENT PROCEDURE AND FLIGHT DIRECTOR CAPTAIN SIDE OUT OF SERVICE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED AUTOTHROTTLE SYSTEM OPERATIONAL TEST IAW AMM 22-31-00, CONFIRMING FAILURE. THEREFORE AUTOTHROTTLE SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 22-4 CAT. C, FLIGHT DIRECTOR SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 34-12 CAT. C AND LEFT COURSE WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 22-16-2-F CAT. C. AT MEX, MCP WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 22-11-34, TESTED CORRECT. ADDITIONALLY, AS A PRECAUTIONARY ACTION, THRUST LEVER ANGLE RESOLVER ADJUSTMENT WAS PERFORMED IAW AMM 76-11-05. ALL CORRECT.

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