Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 10, 2015
Submitted
September 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
32,537 hours, 9,734 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cockpit
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

PROGRAM BUTTON ON CAPTAIN'S FMC/CDU TAKES EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT TO ACTIVATE. ACFT GROUNDED. UPON INITIAL EVALUATION, FOUND THE PROGRAM BUTTON TO FUNCTION NORMALLY AND TAKES NO MORE EFFORT THAN THE F/O'S. CLEANED WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOFT DRINK RESIDUE FROM THE CDU KEYS. CDU FUNCTIONS NORMALLY, REF MM 34-61-01.