Service difficulty report · Fmc · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
September 17, 2013
Submitted
September 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48500
Aircraft time
70,546 hours, 15,005 cycles
Part
Fmc
Part number
4059050921
Part serial
98059787
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKE OFF, CAPTAIN LOST FD ROLL BAR, FOLLOWED BY A/T DISCONNECT. BOTH INITIALLY RECOVERED, THEN AT APPROX 12,000' THE A/P AND ATS DISCONNECTED FOLLOWED BY "SEL LDG ALT MANUALLY" ALERT. THEN A FEW MOMENTS LATER, BOTH FMS UNITS WENT TO "TIMEOUT RESELECT", SAT PHONE WAS INTERMITTENT, FMS WOULD TAKE NO INPUT A/S ON PFD'S WAS SOMEWHAT ERRATIC. A FEW ITEMS (FD MAINLY) WERE RECOVERED BEFORE LANDING. R & R FMC 1 PER MM 34-63-01-4, UPDATED FMC 1 WITH LATEST VERSION F11-1310-001 IAW MM 34-63-06-3, FMC 1 RTS PER MM 34-63-01-5.

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