Service difficulty report · Ils System · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
January 18, 2008
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49586
Aircraft time
43,578 hours, 34,036 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Ils System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left Side
Part time
10,559 hours, 6,399 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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 FINAL APPROACH, BOTH VHF NAVIGATORS IN THE SAME RADIAL SHOWED A DEVIATION OF 20 DEGREES IN THE TRAJECTORY, THE DIFFERENCE CONTINUED UNTIL LANDING AND RAMP. MAINT REPLACED VOR NR 1, VHF/ILS NAV 1 AND AHRS IAW MM 34-43-01 AND 34-22-02, BUT FAILURE CONTINUED, SO FAILURE WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 34-21, CATEGORY (C). THE TX/RX VOR NR 2 AND LT RDMI WERE REPLACED IAW MM 34-22-02 AND 34-21-12, TESTED CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, VOR/ILS SYS WAS TESTED IAW MM 34-22-01, ALL CORRECT.

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