Service difficulty report · Warning Message · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
February 16, 2017
Submitted
February 21, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N428AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36353
Aircraft time
3,827 hours, 1,272 cycles
Part
Warning Message
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

AT L/O FL 350 CI 60 COMMANDED MACH SLOWLY REDUCED TO .73 INTERVENED WITH SPD INTV AND SET MACH .79. ON BOTH FMC'S A -MESSAGE APPEARED STATING MAX MACH WAS .745. FMC COMMANDED MACH CONTINUOUSLY CHANGED, SOMETIMES APPEARING TO CORRECT TO NORMAL. ON CRZ PAGE OPT/MAX WERE CHANGING AND LOWERED & BOTH READING FL 345. ALL RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED FMC BITE CHECK IAW FIM 34-61 TASK 801 & ADIRS BITE CHECK IAW FIM 34-21 TASK 801. NO FAULTS FOUND. NO HISTORY PAST 30 DAYS OK FOR SERVICE.