Service difficulty report · Adiru · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
August 2, 2004
Submitted
August 18, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
889
Aircraft time
21,189 hours, 8,784 cycles
Engine
Iae V2500A1
Part
Adiru
Part number
46502003030314
Part serial
3419
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 123
Part time
9,322 hours, 3,549 cycles
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

AIR TURN BACK, ON CLIMB OUT, EN ROUTE FOR YYZ AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FT THE FO`S PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD) SPEED TAPE INDICATED OVER SPEED. REDUCED SPEED TO 235 KTS AND WARNING EXTINGUISHED, AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED, CAPTAINS PFD WAS NORMAL, TURNED BACK AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 AIR DATA INERTIAL REFERENCE UNIT (ADIRU) IAW T/C R2A34304, OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. THIS ADIRU (S/N 3419) HAS TWO PREVIOUS HISTORY EVENTS FOR OVERSPEED WARNING, UNIT IDENTIFIED AS A ROGUE COMPONENT. VENDORS FUNCTIONAL TEST OF ADIRU S/N 3419 CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT FOR FAILING ATP STEP 8.9 "ADR DISC I/O EXTERNAL ADR IDW2". REPLACED REAR PANEL ASSEMBLY (A3) AND PERFORMED THERMAL CALIBRAT

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