Service difficulty report · Warning Flag · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 9, 2016
Submitted
December 13, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
61620
Aircraft time
2,995 hours, 933 cycles
Part
Warning Flag
Condition
False Activation
Location
Fmc
Stage of operation
LD
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

AFTER LANDING, INTERMITTENT "VTK" ON NR 1 FMC, WHEN PRESSING "INIT REF" GET AN INTERMITTENT "FMC" PROMPT ON LSK L1, AND WHEN FMC IS SELECTED, THE SCREEN REVERTS BACK TO MENU IN 10-15 SECONDS. ACFT GROUNDED. COULD NOT DUPLICATE MALFUNCTION. NO FLIGHT FAULTS WERE LOGGED FOR EITHER FMC. DISCREPANCY MEETS CRITERIA FOR "FLIGHT OPERATIONS NORMAL-YET-NUISANCE CONDITION FOR AIRCRAFT WITH FMC OPS U11.0 SOFTWARE INSTALLED." REF B737-900 AMM 34-61-00-860-801. LEFT & RIGHT FMC OPS CHECK NORMAL, REF B737-900 AMM 34-61-00-710-801.