Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 10, 2018
Submitted
October 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35687
Aircraft time
40,870 hours, 12,382 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

BEFORE TAXI OUT IN EWR PERF DATA CAME UP MULTIPLE TIMES ON BOTH CDU DISPLAYS WITH EXACT SAME DATA BUT REQUIRING PILOTS TO ACTIVATE MULTIPLE TIMES LATER IN FLIGHT SAME OCCURRENCE FOR PERF INIT ENTRIES WIND ENTRIES ETC., BOTH FMC'S SEEM TO FUNCTION & PROCESS NOTABLY SLOWER THAN NORMAL. GROUNDED - YES. RESET FMC NR 1 AND NR 2 PER FIM 34-61 TASK 836 NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED FMC 1 AND 2 BITE PROCEDURE IAW FIM 34-61 TASK 801 NO FAULTS RECORDED SYSTEM TEST OK.