A319 captain experiences an FMGC2 failure enroute that is unrecoverable. Safe landing ensues at dest...

Narrative:

At FL330; first officer lost FMGC2. FAA inspector in jumpseat watched as we navigated through the systems to determine landing capability at destination. Weather was low overcast at 600 ft 2 miles visibility. We called dispatch and maintenance to help with FMGC problem and answer from maintenance was not acceptable to FAA inspector about limitations of the aircraft. We determined with the FMGC failure; no first officer nd map; no #2 VOR; no #2 ILS; that we could fly a cat I ILS. No status message was displayed until we started the final approach segment even though I activated and confirmed the approach to force FMGC into approach mode. I had to manually tune the ILS. On approach; first officer's airspeed momentarily jumped to 260 KIAS then indicated approximately 15 KTS below captain's; captain's standby airspeed read correctly throughout approach and landing. During landing rollout V1 inoperative message displayed on first officer's pfd. Normal landing. Aircraft write up was completed and report sent at request of FAA.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Captain experiences an FMGC2 failure enroute that is unrecoverable. Safe landing ensues at destination with the First Officer's ILS manually tuned.

Narrative: At FL330; First Officer lost FMGC2. FAA Inspector in jumpseat watched as we navigated through the systems to determine landing capability at destination. Weather was low overcast at 600 FT 2 miles visibility. We called Dispatch and Maintenance to help with FMGC problem and answer from Maintenance was not acceptable to FAA Inspector about limitations of the aircraft. We determined with the FMGC failure; no First Officer ND map; no #2 VOR; no #2 ILS; that we could fly a Cat I ILS. No status message was displayed until we started the final approach segment even though I activated and confirmed the approach to force FMGC into Approach Mode. I had to manually tune the ILS. On approach; First Officer's airspeed momentarily jumped to 260 KIAS then indicated approximately 15 KTS below Captain's; Captain's standby airspeed read correctly throughout approach and landing. During landing rollout V1 inoperative message displayed on First Officer's PFD. Normal landing. Aircraft write up was completed and report sent at request of FAA.

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.

Attributes
ACN	923328
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Captain Check Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 8500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

A319 captain experiences an FMGC2 failure enroute that is unrecoverable. Safe landing ensues at destination with the first officer's ILS manually tuned.