Service difficulty report · Adc · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
May 11, 2019
Submitted
May 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N983TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53633
Aircraft time
52,572 hours, 26,791 cycles
Part
Adc
Part number
HG280D80
Condition
Unreliable
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS DURING CRUISE IN THE WEATHER WITH ICING CONDITIONS WE HAD DUEL CADC FAILURE. BOTH AUTOPILOTS WOULD NOT ENGAGE. AIRSPEED AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS WERE OK. LEFT THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING CAME BACK NORMAL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NR 1 AND NR 2 CADCS IAW AMM 34-16-01, OPS CHECKED NORMAL. LEAK TESTED PITOT STATIC SYS IAW AMM 34-16-00 AND RTS 22-01-05. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPT AND FOS PITOT TUBES IAW AMM 34-11-02. OPS CHECKED NORMAL. LEAK CHECKED IAW AMM 34-11-00-201. REMOVED AND REPLACED AUX PITOT TUBE IAW AMM 34-11-02. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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