Boeing also failed to label the stall-prevention feature as a system in which a malfunction would be disastrous, according to the FAA's preliminary findings.
The FAA has reportedly found that senior agency officials failed to monitor key safety assessments of Boeing's 737 Max flight-control system.
The preliminary findings, reported by the Wall Street Journal, are the first to shed light on how the faulty design of the so-called MCAS system, which led to crashes that killed 346 people in October and March, remained in the Max fleet. Boeing's Max jets have been grounded since March.
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