Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
July 31, 2005
Submitted
August 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N751RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49779
Aircraft time
40,921 hours, 27,915 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
39271012
Part serial
P1941
Condition
Failed
Location
Right Augmentati
Part time
44,366 hours, 31,070 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ACFT RETURNED OF FLT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF RT VELOCIMETER OSCILLATED FROM 0-400 KTS & ALARM ACTIVATED. DIRECTOR BUSS DISAPPEARED IN BOTH PFD AND FMA W/O IND, AUTOMATIC ACCELERATORS DISCONNECTED, MACH TRIM LIGHT TURNED ON INFLT, AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED FREQUENTLY & "R AIR COND TEMP HI" LIGHT TURNED ON AFTER T/O. DURING MX REVISION DETECTED THAT DYNAMIC HOSE LOOSE, TIGHTENED & TESTED IAW MM, ALL CORRECT. DIRECTOR OF FLT SYS, AUTO ACCELERATORS, MACH TRIM SYS, AUTOPILOT SYS CHECKED IAW MM. AIR COND TEMP HI LIGHT DEFERRED IAW MEL 21-01. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE, AUGMENTATION VALVE, HI SENSOR, THERMAL SWITCH AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED IAW MM 36-10-01, TESTED CORRECT. DEFERRED REPORT WAS CLOSED.

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