Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 17, 2014
Submitted
January 21, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35198
Aircraft time
15,010 hours, 4,564 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Faulted
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

CAPTAIN`S FMC CDU DIM MODE FOR ACARS AND OTHER ALERTS INOPERATIVE. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED TEST OF CAPTAIN`S MCDU IAW MM 34-6101-400-802 PARA D.(2) MCDU TESTS NORMAL. BRIGHTNESS AND DIM FUNCTIONS TEST NORMAL FOR BOTH DISPLAY AND KEY PAD. HAD DISPATCH SEND MESSAGE TO AIRCRAFT, MESSAGE RECEIVED NORMALLY, MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED BY DISPATCH MCDU OPERATES NORMALLY.