Service difficulty report · Iru · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 3, 2015
Submitted
February 5, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N976DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53257
Aircraft time
62,724 hours, 46,213 cycles
Part
Iru
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW DIVERTED AFTER THE NR 1 PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY FAILED AND BOTH NAVIGATION DISPLAYS WERE DEEMED UNRELIABLE WITH EXCESSIVE HEADING DISCREPANCIES. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 1 IRU AND ALSO THE R2-47 EMERGENCY AC POWER TRANSFER RELAY AND R2-100 DFGC TRANSFER RELAY AS A PRECAUTION. NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED AND A SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO SERVICE CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON BOTH DFGCS IAW AMM 22-01.

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