Service difficulty report · Relay · Boeing 7272A1

Difficulty date
June 30, 2011
Submitted
July 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287SC
Make and model
Boeing 7272A1
Aircraft serial
21345
Aircraft time
61,174 hours, 42,996 cycles
Part
Relay
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Gps
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OPERATION THE FO'S CDI NEEDLE DID NOT DEVIATE WITH COURSE CHANGES WITH THE VOR SELECTED. ALSO, THE CAPTAINS CDI WAS UNREADABLE ON LOCALIZER, SHOWED FROZEN, CENTERED THEN RAPIDLY MOVED LT OF COURSE. THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, R & R THE NR 2 NAV /GPS SWITCHING RELAY. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF GPS INTERFACE AND VOR/ILS NAV A/T. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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