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An A320 flight crew reported a dual FMGC failure in flight after several preflight resets by maintenance for similar failures. FMGC 1 reset successfully.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 881646 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201004 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
After numerous maintenance resets on the ground for inoperative FMGC2; flight departed. On the climb; passing FL180; dual FMGC failure. No navigation information from FMGC caused request for vectors to downline fix. Procedure followed for dual FMGC failure and subsequent reset. Able to restore FMGC 1 with no success for recovery of FMGC 2. Maintenance contacted along with dispatch to advise of failure. Use of captain's emergency authority to reset circuit breakers in flight. After recovery of FMGC 1; flight proceeded to destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 flight crew reported a dual FMGC failure in flight after several preflight resets by maintenance for similar failures. FMGC 1 reset successfully.
Narrative: After numerous maintenance resets on the ground for inoperative FMGC2; flight departed. On the climb; passing FL180; dual FMGC failure. No navigation information from FMGC caused request for vectors to downline fix. Procedure followed for dual FMGC failure and subsequent reset. Able to restore FMGC 1 with no success for recovery of FMGC 2. Maintenance contacted along with Dispatch to advise of failure. Use of Captain's emergency authority to reset circuit breakers in flight. After recovery of FMGC 1; flight proceeded to destination.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.