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A320 captain reports FMGC2 failure at FL390 along with related system faults and failures. An attempted reset of the FMGC is unsuccessful and the flight continues to destination below rvsm airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1013670 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201206 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | FMS/FMC |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
Cabin pressure landing elevator fault; gw xx pounds on lower panel; first officer navigation display no map. First officer FMGC froze. First officer rad navigation page froze. Told ATC no rvsm requested lower altitude. Contacted dispatch and maintenance control reset FMGC circuit breaker per flight manual procedure; no luck. Captain FMGC worked fine. Captain switched to pilot flying and landed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reports FMGC2 failure at FL390 along with related system faults and failures. An attempted reset of the FMGC is unsuccessful and the flight continues to destination below RVSM airspace.
Narrative: Cabin pressure landing elevator fault; GW XX LBS on lower panel; First Officer NAV Display no map. First Officer FMGC froze. First Officer RAD NAV page froze. Told ATC no RVSM requested lower altitude. Contacted Dispatch and Maintenance Control reset FMGC circuit breaker per Flight Manual procedure; no luck. Captain FMGC worked fine. Captain switched to pilot flying and landed uneventfully.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.