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Old 15th Mar 2010, 23:45
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PLovett, NTSB:

According to FDR data, at about 2001 CDT, the Flight Mode Annunciator (FMA) on the pilots’ PFD indicated a lateral mode degradation from navigation (NAV) mode to heading (HDG) mode. This occurred about the time the airplane passed over the last point of its flight plan and maintained present heading in heading mode on the autopilot.