Service difficulty report · Adc · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 27, 2013
Submitted
December 2, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N975DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53243
Aircraft time
60,300 hours, 44,721 cycles
Part
Adc
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AFTER LOSING BOTH NR 1 & 2 AIR DATA SYSTEMS. INITIALLY RECEIVED MACH TRIM INOPERATIVE LIGHT FOLLOWED BY DUAL AUTOTHROTTLE AND AUTOPILOT DISENGAGEMENT. CAPTAIN`S & F/O`S AIRSPEED INDICATIONS SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME UNRELIABLE. LANDED SAFELY USING STANDBY INSTRUMENTS ONLY. MX REPLACED BOTH AIR DATA COMPUTERS IAW AMM 34-16-01 AND ALSO REPLACED THE RAT PROBE IAW AMM 34-1 WITH ALL SUBSEQUENT CHECKS OK. A VERIFICATION FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED AFTER MAINTENANCE. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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