Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
December 19, 2002
Submitted
January 16, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N305AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
24012
Aircraft time
46,766 hours, 33,228 cycles
Part
Fmc
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
G, S
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIR TURN BACK ON TAKEOFF ROLL, EN ROUTE, V1 BOTH CONTROL DISPLAY UNITS WENT BLANK AND FLIGHT MGMT COMPUTER (FMC) FAIL MESSAGE APPEARED, THEN AT 2000 FT AGL THE CAPT HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR (HSI) LOST ALL INFORMATION. TURNED BACK, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINT TROUBLESHOT AND REPLACED FMC IAW BMM, FUNCTIONAL TEST WAS GOOD. NR 1 INERTIAL REFERENCE UNIT INDICATED LOSS OF INFORMATION FROM FMC WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF HSI DATA. UPLOADED FMC WITH CURRENT DATA. VENDOR BENCH TEST FOR FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER SN 2696 FAILED INCOMING TEST DUE TO UNIT (TIMED OUT). REPAIR ACTION STATES (TESTED EXTENSIVELY WITH NO FAULT FOUND).

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