Service difficulty report · Adc · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 6, 2018
Submitted
April 10, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N968TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53618
Aircraft time
52,460 hours, 26,661 cycles
Part
Adc
Part number
COM7065
Part serial
90102476
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AT CRUISE ALTITUDE 33, WITH ALL ENGINE AND WING HEAT ON THE MACH TRIM, INOPERABLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AIRSPEED/MACH INDICATION. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INBOUND TO BNA, REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITHOUT AUTOPILOT AND AUTOTHROTTLES USING STANDBY MACH/AIRSPEED INDICATORS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NR 1 CENTRAL AIR DATA COMPUTER PER MM 34-16-01 AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECKS.

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