Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
September 28, 2017
Submitted
October 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N413AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
35205
Aircraft time
18,181 hours, 5,911 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
1762000101
Part serial
007656
Condition
Failed
Part time
16,572 hours, 5,357 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

RIGHT FMC FAILED MOMENTARILY, THEN RECOVERED. VTK ON FIRST OFFICER`S MAP DISPLAY AND LOST LNAV. RAN QRH, RECOVERED BEFORE MOVING FMC SOURCE SELECT SWITCH. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED FMCS BITE AND FOUND TWO FAULTS ON FLIGHT LEG. RT FMC WATCHDOG TIMER AND RT FMC ETHERNET WRAP. IAW FIM 34-61, TASK 801, IAW 34-61 TASK 837. PULLED FOUR CIRCUIT BREAKERS. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 FMCS COMPUTER. RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS. VERIFIED CORRECT SOFTWARE ON THE NR 1 FMCS AND PERFORMED CROSSLOAD DATA LOAD. INPUT CORRECT PERFORMANCE FACTORS. PERFORMED FMCS OPS TEST. OPS TESTED GOOD IAW AMM 34-61-02.