A md-11 EICAS alerted level 2 FCC 2B data fault so after conferring with dispatch and maintenance an...

Attributes
ACN	1079956
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FCC (Flight Control Computer)
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 8500 Flight Crew Type 3200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

These are the events to the best of my recollection. We were in foreign airspace below rvsm. We were cleared to an enroute fix and given an offset of 6R. As the autopilot was intercepting the offset line; we received a level 2 FCC 2B data fault alert. The captain coordinated with our dispatcher and maintenance as well as with ATC to coordinate an air turn back to the departure airport. We ran through all of our applicable procedures and the captain declared an emergency. We returned for an uneventful landing and taxied to parking. My understanding is it was just a mechanical failure; so no recommendation as to how to prevent another re-occurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MD-11 EICAS alerted LEVEL 2 FCC 2B DATA FAULT so after conferring with Dispatch and Maintenance an emergency was declared while returning to the foreign departure airport.

Narrative: These are the events to the best of my recollection. We were in foreign airspace below RVSM. We were cleared to an enroute fix and given an offset of 6R. As the autopilot was intercepting the offset line; we received a Level 2 FCC 2B Data Fault alert. The Captain coordinated with our Dispatcher and Maintenance as well as with ATC to coordinate an air turn back to the departure airport. We ran through all of our applicable procedures and the Captain declared an emergency. We returned for an uneventful landing and taxied to parking. My understanding is it was just a mechanical failure; so no recommendation as to how to prevent another re-occurrence.

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.

A md-11 EICAS alerted level 2 FCC 2B data fault so after conferring with dispatch and maintenance an emergency was declared while returning to the foreign departure airport.