Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 5, 2017
Submitted
December 7, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35187
Aircraft time
40,987 hours, 12,222 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DUAL FMC FAIL DURING PREFLIGHT. FMC PROMPTS MISSING FROM MENU AND RESUMED NORMAL OPS AFTER 10 SECONDS. GROUNDED - YES. ONLY LT FMC FAILED DURING PRE-FLIGHT. BITE CHECKED BOTH LT AND RT FMC REF FIM 34-61 TASK 801. LT & RT FAULTED ON GND - LT FMC. PERF FIM 34-61 TASK 807. W/ NO DEFECTS. ETOPS GND VERIFICATION TEST SUCCESSFUL.