Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
March 3, 2016
Submitted
March 7, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N477AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
40716
Aircraft time
2,872 hours, 933 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Activation
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ATTEMPTED MLP IN NR 1 FMC APPROXIMATELY 1 HR INTO FLT, RECEIVED A ROUTE MOD UNABLE MESSAGE IN SCRATCHPAD. NR 1 FMC SCREEN WENT BLANK AND NR 1 MAP DISPLAYED VTK W/NO NAVIGATION DATA. NR 2 FMC MAP SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED BEFORE WE COULD RUN QRH. NR 2 FMC RETURNED FOLLOWED BY NR 1. HOWEVER RECEIVED SAME RT MOD UNABLE MESSAGE WHETHER WE TRIED MLP IN NR 1 OR NR 2 FMC. BOTH FMCS SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED AGAIN BUT QUICKLY RETURNED NR 2 FIRST THEN NR 1. FINALLY ABLE TO INPUT MLP. ACFT GROUNDED. LT FMC LOGGED PGM FAULT & LOC DEV SSM FAULT. PERFORMED FIM 34-61, TASK 807 & 823, ALL TESTS PASSED AND FMC LT BITE CHECK GOOD, REF FIM 34-61, TASK 801. RT FMC LOGGED PRESSURE POSITION LAT, RATE AND LOCATION DEV SSM FAULT. PERFORMED FIM 34-61, TASK 824 & 823. ALL TESTS PASSED, RT FMC BITE CHECK PASSED, REF FIM 34-61, TASK 801.