Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 17, 2013
Submitted
August 20, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41734
Aircraft time
1,600 hours, 489 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
1762000101
Part serial
003024
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Part time
77 hours, 21 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING TAXI, F/O SIDE OTBD DISPLAY UNIT SHOWED MAP LAND ALT AND NO V SPEED. ACFT GROUNDED. ON GROUND VERIFICATION TEST, FOUND THAT RT FMC RESET ON ITS OWN TWO TIMES IN ABOUT A 45 MINUTE PERIOD. FMC PROMPT WENT AWAY FROM MCDU AND MAP AND VTRK FLAGS CAME INTO VIEW. AFTER RT FMC PROMPT REAPPEARED, FMC WOULD OPS NORMAL WITH NO FAULTS LOGGED. REPLACED RT FMC REF MM 34-61-02. MONITORED FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES WITH NO ISSUES. GROUND VERIFICATION GOOD.