Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 10, 2019
Submitted
August 12, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N568AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35183
Aircraft time
47,862 hours, 14,419 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
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

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, WITH FO'S AUTOPILOT ENGAGED, FMC AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATED. A/P REVERTED TO CWS AND ALT HOLD. ON FO'S PFD A LANDG ALT AND ON THE FO MFD A VTK ANNUNCIATION WAS OBSERVED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. CAPTAINS SIDE REMAINED NORMAL WITH NO FLAGS. NEVER RECEIVED AN FMC SCRATCHPAD MESSAGE. AFTER 30 SECONDS ALL WARNING FLAGS WENT AWAY AND LNAV/VNAV WAS ABLE TO BE RE-ENGAGED ON FO'S SIDE. GROUNDED - YES. L FMC SHOWS "FMC-R PRES POS LAT RATE" LAST FLIGHT, REF B737-800 FIM 34-61 TASK 801. PERFORMED FIM 34-61 TASK 824, NO FAULTS FOUND. ETOPS GRND VERIFICATION NML.