Service difficulty report · Fmc · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date
December 2, 2009
Submitted
December 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N717TW
Make and model
Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial
28485
Aircraft time
32,308 hours, 10,594 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
4052506955
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

BOTH LT AND RT FMC WILL NOT HOLD ROUTE DATA T/S IN WORK. R & R CAPTS FMS COMPUTER IAW MM AND UPDATED NAV AND OP PROGRAM DATABASE IAW MM. ALSO RELOADED RT FMS NAV DATABASE IAW MM ALL OPS NML. ETOPS CATEGORY 'B': DIVERSION OR TURNBACK.