Service difficulty report · Indicator · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
June 30, 2004
Submitted
July 2, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49404
Aircraft time
42,564 hours, 27,506 cycles
Part
Indicator
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,450 hours, 2,321 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, G
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, AHRS AND FLIGHT DIRECTOR BUSES FAILED, (SIF) LIGHT TURNED ON, N2 INDICATION OUT OF LIMITS AND N1 INDICATION INOPERATIVE. CIRCUIT BREAKERS B5, F1, C11, F8, C1 AND F12 WERE TESTED IAW MM, ALL CORRECT. CIRCUIT BREAKERS C13, C4, C12, C3, E9, E21, E20, E8, C1, C2, C10 AND C11 WERE TESTED IAW MM. PS4 LINE WAS CLEANED AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING IAW MM 73-12-02, TEST CORRECT. N1 GENERATOR INDICATION WAS CHECKED, ALL CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE, AHRS WAS REPLACED IAW MM, FD WITH STP AND STALL SYSTEM TESTS WERE PERFORMED IAW MM, RESPECTIVELY, ALL CORRECT. RT ENGINE TRIM WAS PERFORMED AND LT ENGINE INDICATION, ADJUSTMENT AND TEST WERE PERFORMED IAW MM, ALL CORRECT.

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