Service difficulty report · Afcs · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
June 29, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779AU
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24996
Part
Afcs
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
30,707 hours
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 1903 - FLT WAS ON APPROACH, DESCENDING OUT OF 5,000 FT, WHEN THE AUTOPILOT BANKED THE A/C INTO A HARD LT TURN. CAPT TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE AUTOPILOT BUT IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. HE FIREWALLED THE ENGINES FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS FOR AN IMMEDIATE CLIMB AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE A/C. CAPT WAS ADVISED BY ATC TO AVOID TRAFFIC AND WAS SEQUENCED BACK FOR LANDING. FLT LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX ACCOMP THE FOLLOWING, DFCS INFLIGHT FAULTS, GPWS INFLIGHT FAULTS, DFCS CURRENT STATUS, DFCS GROUND FUNCTIONAL TESTS 36 AND 51, DFCS AILERON RIGGING TESTS, CHECK OF SHEAR RIVETS ON AUTOPILOT AILERON ACTUATORS, SELF TEST OF YAW DAMPER AND ELECTRICAL CHECK OF AUTOPILOT AILERON SERVO'S. ALL ABOVE ITEMS C

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