Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 13, 2013
Submitted
December 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N538AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
41188
Aircraft time
6,211 hours, 1,839 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
1762000101
Part serial
006988
Condition
Failed
Location
Ee Bay
Part time
6,211 hours, 1,839 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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 CRUISE, FMC LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VTK WAS DISPLAYED ON CAPTAINS INBD DISPLAY. F/O FMC NAV DISSAPEARED AND LT NAV V, NAV DISCONNECTED. IT RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT ONE MINUTE. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED BOTH LT AND RT FMC BITE IAW FIM 34-61, TASK804. FMC NR 1 AND NR 2 FAULT LEG 1 INFLT FAULTS. NR 2 FMC ALT DEACTIVATION USED IAW CHAPTER 5, TABLE 3, ITEM 1. R & R NR 1 FMC IAW AMM 34-61-02. REF MIG-2A 11247656 FOR NR 1 FMC SOFTWARE INSTALLATION. FMC PN VARIFIED EFFECTIVE FOR ETOPS. SEAM-C MARK NOTIFIED. ALT. DEACTIVATION REVERSED. ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYS VARIFICATION ACCOMPLISHED FOR BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 FMC REF AMM 34-61-00-710-801. OPS CKS GOOD, BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 FMC.