Service difficulty report · Computer · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
July 22, 2003
Submitted
July 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N157AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
23779
Aircraft time
51,476 hours, 36,799 cycles
Part
Computer
Part number
1714970501
Part serial
0002713
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Flt Management
Part time
6,192 hours, 4,146 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
I
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE, EN ROUTE. THE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER (FMC) FAILED. NAV FLAGS INDICATED ON CAPTAINS & FIRST OFFICERS RMI IN BOTH NAV IN VOR MODE, AND HEADING FLAG ON CAPTAINS HSI. TURNED BACK TO PHX AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FMC IAW BMM 34-62-21, T/C A1B34067, & T/C AIB34060. ALSO PERFORMED AN INTERFACE TEST OF LT IRU. VENDOR COULD NOT VERIFY REASON FOR REMOVAL. UNIT PASSED DIAGNOSTIC INTERFACE TEST, DOWNLOAD OF OFP & NDB SOFTWARE VERIFIED PROPER OPERATION. MODULES, CHASSIS, AND BACKPLANE WERE INSPECTED AND UNIT WAS TESTED EXTENSIVELY WITH NO FAULT FOUND.

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