Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
October 18, 2016
Submitted
October 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
61620
Aircraft time
2,432 hours, 744 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
1762000101
Part serial
012048
Condition
Faulted
Location
Ee Bay
Part time
2,440 hours, 746 cycles
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

LEFT FMC FAILED FOUR TIMES ENROUTE THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL OPS. THE LAST FAILURE LEFT FMC WOULD NOT RETURN TO NORMAL, REFERENCED QRH 11.3 FMC FAIL. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED LEFT FMC BITE IAW FIM 34-61 TASK 801. FOUND FMC L-PGM FAULT LOGGED 2 TIMES. PERFORMED FIM 34-61 TASK 807. NO CURRENT FAULT FOUND BUT DUE TO PREVIOUS WRITE-UPS REPLACED LEFT FMC. REMOVED & INSTALLED NEW LEFT FMC COMPUTER, IAW AMM 34-61-00. ACCOMPLISHED SOFTWARE CROSSLOAD IAW AMM 34-61-00/201. ACCOMPLISHED FACTORS ADJUSTMENT, IAW AMM 34-61-00. ACCOMPLISHED FMC OPS TEST, IAW AMM 34-61-00. SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL.