Service difficulty report · Computer · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 29, 2013
Submitted
September 4, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
25,964 hours, 7,943 cycles
Part
Computer
Part number
1762000101
Part serial
002476
Condition
Failed
Location
Fmc
Part time
25,813 hours, 7,935 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT FMC FAILED. ACFT GROUNDED. WHILE ON DEFERRAL DURING CRUISE FMC ALERT, MSG VNAV DISENGAGED, FMA SHOWED FMC SPEED/LNAV/ALT HOLD. SPEED MODE ILLUMINATED ON MCP. VNAV WOULD NOT REENGAGE UNTIL WE BEGAN TO DESCENT, THEN ALL VNAV FUNCTIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. REPLACED LT & RT FMC COMPUTERS. OPS CK GOOD. REF AMM 34-61-00 & IPC 34-61-02B, 34-61-02-11, 34-61-02-09, 34-61-02-04, & 34-61-02-99.