What was found
AT CRUISE FL350, CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER OFF FLAG. ADC SWITCH DID NOT SOLVE FAILURE. ALTIMETER RETURNED TO NORMAL. REPLACED ALTIMETER IAW MM 34-12-21-04 AND ALL CHECKED NORMAL IAW MM 34-10-00-05.
- Difficulty date
- September 13, 2012
- Submitted
- September 14, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N681FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A300F4605R
- Aircraft serial
- 799
- Aircraft time
- 18,709 hours, 10,262 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3416 · Altimeter, Barometric/Encoder
- Part
- Altimeter
- Part number
- 652052304
- Part serial
- 670
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 6,630 hours, 3,820 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.