Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 1, 2019
Submitted
December 6, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43255
Aircraft time
24,197 hours, 7,867 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
1762000101
Part serial
008158
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Right
Part time
24,240 hours, 7,882 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
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

R-FMC FAILED FOR A SHORT TIME (ABOUT 1 MIN). GOT VTK AND MAP FLAGS. BY THE TIME WE PULLED OUT THE CHECKLIST IT FIXED ITSELF. FL340 10.79 MACH. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED #2 FMC BITE. ETHERNET-2 WRAP FAILURE CODE ON NUMEROUS LEGS; HARDWARE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT CHECKED AND RELEASED PER MEL 34-36J. #2 FMC INOP. REF B737-900 FIM 34-61 TASK 837. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT FMCS COMPUTER REFERENCE B737-900 AMM 34-61-02-00-801 AND AMM 34-61-02-400-801. ACCOMPLISHED FMC SOFTWARE LOAD PER AMM 34-61-00-470-806. FMC OPERATIONAL TEST PASS REFERENCE AMM 34-61-00-710-801. THIS CLEARS MEL 34-36J.