SDR AALA951232

Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
July 11, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N288AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49300
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
E/E Compt
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ORD - FLT 1155 - AFTER T/O, JUST AFTER SLAT RETRACTION, A/C LOST YAW DAMPER OPERATION AND SIMULTANEOUS COMPUTER FAILURE WITH ALTITUDE IND STUCK AT FL 130, AIRSPEED IND STUCK AT 250 KTS AND FLT GUIDANCE COMPUTER C/B TRIPPED. A/C RETURNED AND LANDED W/O INCIDENT. GRD CHK OF FLT GUIDANCE SYS WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. CHK'D WIRING IN AFT TAIL COMPART WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. PRECAUTIONARY REPLACED NR 1 AND NR 2 DFGC'S NR 1 AND NR 2 AUTOPILOTS GRD CHK'D NORM OPERATION AND NR 1 AND NR 2 DFGC'S GROUND CHK'D NORM OPERATION. SUBSEQUENTLY, ON FLT 0578 DURING DESCENT IN DCA, PROB REPEATED. A/C LANDED DCA W/O INCIDENT. REPAIRED WIRE 2C610U2ORD BTWN P10-1206 AND S30-5 POST NR 10, WDM REF 22-16-11. OPS CHK OK.(M)

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