Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 3, 2006
Submitted
November 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N836RA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53046
Aircraft time
32,022 hours, 26,849 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Valve
Part number
2587794
Part serial
94066052
Condition
Failed
Part time
3,186 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER FIRST TURN, HEADING COMPARATOR FLAG CAME ON AND THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AHRS OF 17 GRADE AND NO HEADING DISPLAY ON FMA AND NO AUTO PILOT WERE AVAILABLE. IAW AMM 34-21-06/201 IT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED FLUX VALVE NR 1 COMPASS SWING IS ALIGNED, TEST SATISFACTORY.

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