Narrative:

On the hawkz 7 arrival into sea; in LNAV and VNAV. Just before cofay intersection; we changed the approach for runway 16R from the RNAV Z to the ILS. We then looked up and noticed the aircraft in heading mode. A slight course deviation east of intended flight path occurred before direct to breve was entered and LNAV re-engaged. Proceeded on arrival to landing. Loss of LNAV was unexpected; and a small period of time elapsed before we noticed. Better attention in my role of pilot monitoring next time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported a track deviation occurred on the HAWKZ 7 arrival into SEA when the aircraft dropped out of LNAV into HDG SEL.

Narrative: On the HAWKZ 7 arrival into SEA; in LNAV and VNAV. Just before COFAY Intersection; we changed the approach for Runway 16R from the RNAV Z to the ILS. We then looked up and noticed the aircraft in heading mode. A slight course deviation east of intended flight path occurred before direct to BREVE was entered and LNAV re-engaged. Proceeded on arrival to landing. Loss of LNAV was unexpected; and a small period of time elapsed before we noticed. Better attention in my role of Pilot Monitoring next time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.