Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 13, 2017
Submitted
December 15, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N462AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36362
Aircraft time
14,425 hours, 4,794 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FMC'S SEEM TO DROP WAYPOINTS ON THE RNAV ARRIVALS WHEN THE RUNWAY/APPROACH IS CHOSEN OR CHANGED. NO DISCO APPEARS, THEY JUST RANDOMLY CONNECT TWO POINTS OMITTING SOME BUT NOT ALL OF THE WAYPOINTS. GROUNDED - YES. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. #1 AND #2 FMC BITE SHOWED NO RELEVANT FAULTS LAST FLIGHT, REF B737-900 FIM 34-61 TASK 801. VERIFIED NAV DATA BASE IS CURRENT AND VERIFIED THAT BOTH FMC'S ARE LOADED WITH THE CORRECT SOFTWARE, REF B737-900 IPC 34-61-02. NO HISTORY LAST 90 DAYS.