What was found
FIRST OFFICER`S CDU DISPLAY IS DARK AND BARELY READABLE, OCCASIONALLY BECOMES BRIGHT AND THEN RETURNS TO DARK. ACFT GROUNDED. REPLACED THE FMCS CDU KEYBOARD, OPS NORMAL IAW AMM 34-61-01-400-801, AND AMM 34-61-01-710-801.
- Difficulty date
- April 18, 2018
- Submitted
- April 23, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N442AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737990ER
- Aircraft serial
- 43293
- Aircraft time
- 17,514 hours, 5,819 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3460 · Flight Management Computing Hardware System
- Part
- Keyboard
- Part number
- 17694406
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Cdu
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.