Service difficulty report · Cadc · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
July 4, 2006
Submitted
July 7, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N754RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49641
Aircraft time
37,744 hours, 26,150 cycles
Part
Cadc
Part number
HG280D80
Part serial
732
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Side
Part time
11,551 hours, 7,662 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, CADC FAIL WINDSHEAR INOP AND F/D FAIL LIGHTS TURNED ON. DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION, WHEN BOTH AIR DATA SYSTEMS WERE SELECTED TO CADC NR 1 POSITION, THE FAIL DISAPPEARED, BUT WHEN SYSTEMS RETURNED TO NORMAL POSITION, FAILURE APPEARED AGAIN. CADC NR 2 WAS REPLACED, BUT FAIL CONTINUED, THEREFORE, CADC NR 1 WAS REPLACED TOO IAW MM 34-16-01 AND TESTS WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 34-11-00, ALL CORRECT.

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