Service difficulty report · Gyro · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
May 21, 2004
Submitted
May 24, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N810BN
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45905
Aircraft time
85,429 hours, 27,999 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT3D*
Part
Gyro
Part number
2589201901
Part serial
90331
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CAPTAIN'S COMPASS FAILED IN FLIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN'S PICTORIAL DEVIATION INDICATOR (PDI) AND DIRECTIONAL GYRO (DG) IAW MM 31-10-1 AND MM 34-21-1. SWAPPED INSTRUMENT AMPS IAW 34-00. SYSTEM GROUND TEST NORMAL IAW 34-21-0, 34-52-0 AND 34-28-0.

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