Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 777FHT

Difficulty date
November 15, 2014
Submitted
November 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N883FD
Make and model
Boeing 777FHT
Aircraft serial
39285
Aircraft time
17,169 hours, 2,497 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UNCOMMANDED TURN, DURING CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT WITH LNAV & VNAV SELECTED, THE ACFT STARTED A RANDOM TURN TO THE LEFT. SWITCHED TO HEADING SELECT TO TURN BACK TOWARDS PROPER COURSE THEN RE-ENGAGED LNAV WHERE UPON THE ACFT NAVIGATED NORMALLY. THE ONLY PILOT INPUTS BEFORE THE WAYWARD TURN WAS AN UPDATE OF THE WINDS. INTERROGATED MAT & FOUND NO REPORTED MSGS WITH REF FLEET TEAM DIGEST 777-FTD-34-10008. EVENTS SUCH AS THIS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION IAW EO REQUEST. PERFORMED FMC BITE DATA DOWNLOAD, FMCS BITE, FMLBPQL, FMLBPQR IAW AMM 31-35-00-2. HAS NOT YET DISCLOSED FINAL ACTION DUE TO ONGOING ANALYSIS. PERFORMED FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTING SYS ADJUSTMENT TEST IAW AMM 34-61-00-5 WITH ALL TESTS PASSED. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE SERVICE.

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