Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737217

Difficulty date
January 2, 2008
Submitted
February 15, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737217
Aircraft time
66,832 hours, 32,077 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17A
Part
Wire
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Taws Computer
Component
Computer
Component part number
30100000
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) TAIL 523 ON JAN 2ND APPROACH BACK COURSE ON RWY 15 YELLOWKNIFE 1040FT ASL 350FT AGL LEVEL FLIGHT 140K IN THIS CASE THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED A TAWS GENERATED A PICTORIAL DISPLAYED IMPACT WARNING. THE CREW WAS IN VISUAL CONDITIONS AND SAW NO DANGER OF IMPACT. THE AC LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, AC EQUIPPED WITH THE UNIVERSAL TAWS COMPUTER (STC ST10622SC) EXPERIENCED SIMILAR ANOMALIES. UNIVERSAL AVIONICS WAS CONTACTED CONCERNING THE ISSUE. THIS NORTH REGION AIRPORT DATA BASE WAS ALREADY UNDER REVIEW DUE TO OTHER OPERATOR COMPLAINTS. A NEW DATA BASE WAS RELEASED AND FORWARDED. ATTEMPTS TO LOAD THE NEW DATA BASE INTO THE TAWS UNITS FAILED DUE TO A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM BETWEEN THE DATA LOADER AND THE TAWS COMPUTER. UNIVERSAL AVIONICS WAS CONTACTED AGAIN ON THIS LATEST ISSUE. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A WIRING DIAGRAM ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL INSTALL E.O. PRODUCED BY THE INTEGRATOR ASM. WIRING IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REWORKED IAW A ENGINEERING CHANGE NOTIFICATION AND THE DATA BASE IS BE LOADED ONTO THE AC THAT HAVE BEEN REWIRED. WILL MONITOR THIS NEW DATA BASE FOR ANOMALIES. (TC NR 20080121003)