Service difficulty report · Computer · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 10, 2015
Submitted
October 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35693
Aircraft time
25,799 hours, 7,718 cycles
Part
Computer
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

WHEN LOWER CRUISE ALTITUDE IS SET IN ALTITUDE ALERTER WHILE ON VNAV & ALTITUDE INTERVENTION BUTTON PRESSED, NEW MCP ALTITUDE DOES NOT DISPLAY IN FMC CRUISE PAGE AND FMA ANNUNCIATION ON LEVEL OFF AT NEW CRUISE ALTITUDE CHANGES TO ALT HOLD. ACFT GROUNDED. DFCS CURRENT STATUS TEST PASSED, FFR SHOWS NO FAULTS ON PREVIOUS FLT LEG. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS LRU INTERFACE TEST FOR MCP NR 32, ALT INTV BUTTON INTERFACE PASSED. BG 15.61 ALTITUDE ALERT TEST PASSED, REF MM 22-00-01. BOTH FMC OPS TEST NORMAL WITH NO FAULTS ON LAST FLT LEG IAW MM 34-61-00.