Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 18, 2019
Submitted
April 22, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43255
Aircraft time
21,857 hours, 7,177 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMBOUT, ABOUT 1000 ' MSL, VNAV DISCONNECTED AND WOULD NOT RE- ENGAGE. FMC CLIMB AND CRZ PAGE SPEEDS BLANKED OUT. AFTER 60-90 SECONDS, SPEEDS RE- POPULATED ON CLB & CRZ PAGES AND VNAV WAS ENGAGEABLE. VNAV WORKED NORMALLY FOR THE REST OF FLIGHT, INCLUDING RNAV RNP APPROACH. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED FMC BITE CHECK OPS CHECK GOOD REF B737-900 FIM 34-61 TASK 801. DFCS BITE TEST CHECKS GOOD REF TASK 22-11-00-740-815. PERFORMED FIM 34-61 TASK 804 "CONTROL DISPLAY UNIT BLANKS" NO DEFECTS NOTED.