Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
January 29, 2017
Submitted
January 31, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41731
Aircraft time
16,692 hours, 5,363 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Intermittent
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

AT CRUISE AT FL360, BOTH ND DISPLAYED "VTK" AND LOST AIRPORT DISPLAYS. THE ADIS DISPLAYED "LDG ALT" AND THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS DISPLAYED "THRUST LIM" WITH LOSS ONLY LASTING 30 SECONDS. ALL SYSTEMS RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER. ANY KEY TOUCHED ON THE LEFT FMC APPEARS TO TRIGGER ABOVE EVENT. OCCURRED THREE TIMES. GROUNDED - YES. PER FMCS BITE, REF FIM 34-61 TASK 801, FOUND NO SENSOR FAULTS. INFLIGHT FAULTS FOR LEFT FMC SHOWED "PGM" FAULT FOR LEFT FMC AND RIGHT FMC SHOWED "PRES POS LAT" FAULT FOR LEFT FMC. BOTH INTERMITTENT FAULTS, REF FIM 34-61 TASK 807 AND 34-61 TASK 804. RESET A/C GROUND POWER, INTERMITTENT FAULT, REF FIM 34-61 TASK 836.