Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 23, 2015
Submitted
December 29, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41735
Aircraft time
5,819 hours, 1,922 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Activation
Location
Fmc
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 AT FL 340, RECEIVED AN FMC P/RST LIGHT ON FWD GLARESHIELD WITH VTK DISPLAYED ON F/O, PILOT FLYING ND FMA DROPPED OUT OF NAV, VNAV PATH TO CONTROL WHEEL STEERING AND NAV DATA DISAPPEARED ON F/O SIDE. SELECTED "A" AUTOPILOT SINCE CA SIDE OK. NO SCRATCHPAD MESSAGE SO WE LOOKED AT FMC DISAGREE & FMC FAIL CHECKLIST. F/O, RIGHT, FMC APPEARED TO SELF-RECOVER AFTER 30-45 SECONDS. PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING FMC ON BOTH LT. ACFT GROUNDED. FMC LOGGED, FMC FAULT IN FLIGHT FAULTS. CDS LOGGED FMC NR 2, DATA INVALID. ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 34-61, TASK-836. NO HISTORY LAST 30 DAYS. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED IAW FIM TASK.