Service difficulty report · Circuit Board · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
August 19, 2002
Submitted
October 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N188AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22655
Aircraft time
60,789 hours, 49,371 cycles
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
4062677101
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Adc
Component
Adc · Honeywell
Component part number
HG480B42
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PHX - AIR TURN BACK - FLT 0620 - ON TAKEOFF FROM PHX EN ROUTE TO OAK FIRST OFFICERS AIRSPEED INDICATOR FROZE AT 60 KTS, REMAINED AT 60 KTS AFTER TAKEOFF, TURNED BACK TO PHX AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT AND REPLACED THE NR 2 AIR DATA COMPUTER, OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD IAW BMM 34-12-11. VENDOR BENCH TEST OF AIR DATA COMPUTER CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT. UNIT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTION FOUND THE A-4 CIRCUIT BOARD HAD BURNED COMPONENTS AND INTERIOR OF UNIT HIGHLY CONTAMINATED BY DUST, DIRT, AND LIQUID. THE REASON THIS UNIT FAILED WAS DUE TO COMPONENTS ON THE A-4 CIRCUIT BOARD SHORTED CAUSING A CURRENT DRAW THROUGH RESISTOR R1. CAPACITORS IN THE UNITS POWER SUPPLY ALSO SHOWED EVID