Service difficulty report · Adc · Boeing 7272A1

Difficulty date
October 21, 2003
Submitted
November 10, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287SC
Make and model
Boeing 7272A1
Aircraft serial
21345
Aircraft time
51,881 hours, 37,117 cycles
Part
Adc
Part number
HG480B13
Part serial
N0821
Condition
Faulty
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
4,374 hours, 2,828 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

FLT 738 FROM TOL TO SLW. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER AND THE ALTITUDE ALERTER FLAGGED AND THE AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE CREW TRIED CYCLING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE AIR DATA COMPUTER BUT IT WOULD GO OFF AGAIN AFTER ONE SECOND. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT AIR TURNBACK TO TOL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON LANDING IN TOLEDO, THE NR 1 AIR DATA COMPUTER WAS REPLACED AND PITOT STATIC SYSTEM LEAK CHECK IAW B727 MM 34-12-0 AND 34-11-0. AIRCRAFT RETURN TO SERVICE.

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