B747-400 CREW HAD FMC DATA OUT IN ZSHA CLASS A.

Date: 2001-01 · Aircraft: B747-400

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-track-heading-all-types|other-fmc-data-dropout

Synopsis

B747-400 CREW HAD FMC DATA OUT IN ZSHA CLASS A.

Narrative

FIRST TIME INTO PVG; NIGHT; IMC; BACKSIDE OF CLOCK; TRANSITING FROM FT TO METERS. CAPT WAS RSV-AAA AND FO WAS RSV-BBB.(HUMAN FACTORS/CLR ISSUES) FILED RTE: AKARA-PINOT-HSH. DID NOT HAVE ANY INFO ON WHICH ARR TO EXPECT. LOADED RWY 35 WITH HSH11A TRANSITION. 2-3 MILES PRIOR TO PINOT; APCH CLRED US FOR SHY11A (NOTHSH11A) FO FLYING. CAPT WENT TO DEPT/ARR PAGE AND SELECTED SHY11A-RWY35. NOW CLRED DOWN TO 6000M. LOOKED UP AND SAW A BLUE RTE ON SCREEN THEN IT WENT AWAY. NOTHING AVAILABLE TO NAVIGATE TO/WITH. NOW OVER PINOT INT WITH NO LNAV. TOLD FO TO TURN TO 230 HDG AND FLY TO SHY VOR. THE NAV RAD PAGE AND FIX PAGE LOST ALL IT INFO. STARTING TO SLOW. NO SPEED BUGS AVAIL. ON AIRSPEED. WENT TO APCH PAGE. NO GROSS WT INFO. ENTERED APPROX GW AND THE PAGE WENT BLANK AGAIN. WE NEVER DID GET THE GW TO STAY AND NEVER DID GET SPEED BUGS ON A/S INDICATOR. FO WAS ABLE TO GET SHY INTO NAV RAD PAGE AND USED BEARING POINTER TO FLY TO SHY VOR. 2 MILES PRIOR TO SHY I WAS ABLE TO PUT SHY INTO LEGS PAGE AND WE THEN HAD LNAV. 2-3 MILES PRIOR TO FAF/OM FINALLY ABLE TO GET ILS FOR 35 INTO THE COMPUTER. FLEW ILS/PARTIAL VIS TO SUCCESSFUL LNDG TO 35. WE WERE FERRYING FUEL; SO OUR GW WAS APPROX MAX FOR LND. CAUSED A HIGH APPR SPEED. WITH AMBER VLS RT AT APCH SPD. WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE MIGHT NOT GET A STICK SHAKER! LANGUAGE WAS ANOTHER PROB.

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