Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
February 1, 2021
Submitted
February 4, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41735
Aircraft time
24,738 hours, 7,949 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
1762000101
Part serial
014638
Condition
Faulty
Location
Ee Rack, E5
Part time
5,870 hours, 1,742 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DESCENDING ON THE MARNR 7 ARRIVAL, RT SIDE VTK SHOWED ERRONEOUS ERRATIC FLUCTUATIONS FROM 17,000 TO 7,000' AT 7000'. THE RT FMC FAILED AND WE HAD SINGLE FMC AND YELLOW VTK ON FO SIDE FOR APPROX 2 MIN. FMC RESTARTED AND WAS NORMAL FOR REMAINING 10 MINS OF THE FLIGHT. GROUNDED - YES. RT FMC SHOWS LAST 3 FLTS ETHERNET-2 FAULTS. REF B737-900 FIM 34-61 TASK 837, FOUND FAULT CONSIDERED A HARDWARE FAILURE, SHOULD BE REPLACED. REF B737-900 AMM 34-61-02, R & R RT FMC COMPUTER, CROSS LOAD GOOD, OPS NML REF SAME AMM. GROUND VERIFICATION TEST GOOD.