Service difficulty report · Dfgs · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 15, 2018
Submitted
April 20, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N983TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53633
Aircraft time
50,344 hours, 25,294 cycles
Part
Dfgs
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING HEAVY CROSS WINDS, USING THE NR 2 AUTOPILOT, TWO MISSED APPROACHES WERE MADE. DIVERTED AND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFULLY WITH NR 1 AUTOPILOT. PERFORMED A FLIGHT FAULT REVIEW, FIRST APPROACH, AUTOPILOT CAPTURED LOC 2 GLIDESLOOP THEN WENT TO VERT SPEED. RECAPTURED, THEN WENT TO VERT SPEED AND HEADING HOLD. SECOND APPROACH, AUTO PILOT KICKED OFF SWITCHED TO NUMBER 1 FGC AND WORKED FINE NEXT APPROACH. REPLACED THE NR 2 DIGITAL FLIGHT GUIDANCE COMPUTER IAW AMM 22-01-01. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

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