Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 21, 2018
Submitted
April 23, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
42,129 hours, 12,581 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
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

APPROXIMATELY 4.5 HOURS INTO FLT, AT CRUISE ALT 370, CAPTAIN LOST MAP INDICATION WITH VTK, FOLLOWED BY F/O VTK, SEPARATELY THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEN ALL ERRORS CLEARED AFTER ABOUT 90 SECONDS. WITHOUT PILOT ACTION. REOCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES LATER. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED FMC BITE IAW FIM 34-51 TASK 801. FOUND BOTH FMC LOGGED PGM FAULT, NO OTHER FAULTS NOTED. PERFORMED FIM 34-61 TASK 807 RESET BOTH FMC CIRCUIT BREKARS, BOTH FMC REBOOTED NORMALLY FAULT DETERMINED TO BE INTERMITTENT. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.