Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 8, 2011
Submitted
November 28, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N530AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36578
Aircraft time
6,050 hours, 1,935 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fmc
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE ON APPROACH TO 16R IN SEA ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEG INTERCEPT AND THE FMC FROZE. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS VTK SHOWED ON MAP DISPLAY AND A MAP SHIFT OCCURRED. FMC THEN DROPPED TO "HOME" (MENU) PAGE AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES FMC DID BECOME RESPONSIVE AGAIN WITH BLUE LETTERING SHOWING AT THE TOP OF THE LEGS PAGE. FMC LEFT AND RIGHT SENSOR STATUS PAGE NORMAL. FMC LEFT AND RIGHT SHOW PGM FAULT. PERFORMED FIM TASK 34 61 0 TASK 807 FOUND NORMAL. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL PER SEAMC REF MM 34 61 0.