Service difficulty report · Symbol Generator · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
April 26, 2004
Submitted
April 30, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49404
Aircraft time
42,008 hours, 27,145 cycles
Part
Symbol Generator
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, G, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE BOTH PFD AND FIRST OFFICER ND WITHOUT INFORMATION AND ON BOTH SIDES FMA´S, ILS, HEADING, AND MONITOR LIGHTS FLASHED ALL THE TIME. CIRCUIT BREAKER B10-377 WAS RESET IAW MM 20-50-06 AND FAIL CONTINUE. THE SYMBOL GENERATORS WERE INTERCHANGED AND FAIL WAS DETECTED ON LT SIDE. THE SYMBOL GENERATORS WERE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RT SYMBOL GENERATOR WAS COOLED WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE EFIS SYSTEM WAS TESTED IAW MM 34-22-00, 34-22-06, 34-23-06 AND 34-22-10, ALL CORRECT.

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