Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 19, 2015
Submitted
April 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35188
Aircraft time
30,628 hours, 9,341 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT CRUISE WITH VNAV SELECTED THE F/O'S PFD AIRSPEED WOULD NOT INDICATE A MACH NR, TARGET MACH NUMBER, GREATER THAN .79 EVEN THOUGH THE FMC WAS COMMANDING AT A TARGET MACH OF .80. CAPT'S PFD AIRSPEED INDICATED CORRECTLY. F/O'S COMMANDED MACH AND MAGENTA SPEED CRUISER WOULD REMAIN AT .79, OR LESS IF COMMANDED BY FMC. F/O'S AIRSPEED CURSER COMMANDED MACH WOULD OPERATE NORMALLY IF VNAV WAS NOT ENGAGED. PROBLEM OCCURED AT VARIOUS TIMES WHILE AT CRUISE. IT APPEARED THE LT FMC WAS NOT SYNCING TO THE RT FMC NOR UPDATING THE F/O'S PFD AIRSPEED. ACFT GROUNDED. DFCS BITE TEST SHOWS NO CURRENT FAULTS AND NO FAULTS ON LAST FLIGHT LEG. FMC 1 AND 2 HAVE NO FAULTS IN BITE TEST AS WELL. COMPLETED MCP TEST REF MM 22-11-34-740-801 TEST PASS. NO HISTORY 90 DAYS. NO FAULTS LOGGED IN 1 AND 2 DEU'S LAST LEG. FMC 1 AND 2 GROUND VERIFICATION TEST PASSED, REF MM 34-61-00.