Service difficulty report · Adc · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
March 23, 2019
Submitted
April 30, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53611
Aircraft time
54,194 hours, 27,363 cycles
Part
Adc
Part number
HG280D80
Part serial
88111908
Condition
Unreliable
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS WHILE DESCENDING ON AUTOPILOT (2) IN IAS MODE SET TO 290KTS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND UNUSUALLY FAST IN VERTICAL SPEED WHILE MAINTAIN 290 KTS. THE AIRSPEED ON BOTH F/O AND CAPT'S INDICATIORS THEN QUICKLY DECREASED TO 230 KTS. APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AFTER INDICATING 230 KTS BOTH CAPT AND F/O'S AIRSPEED INCREASED TO 350KTS, BELIEVED TO BE THE ACTUAL AIRSPEED. ALL PITOT HEATERS INDICATED GOOD CURRENT DRAW. NO FLAGS. STANDBY AIRSPEED APPEARED TO BE CORRECT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE #2 AIR DATA COMPUTER IAW AMM 34-16-01. RETURN TO SERVICE TEST NORMAL FOR BOTH DFGC IAW AMM 22-01-05.

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