Service difficulty report · Autopilot Sys · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 14, 2013
Submitted
December 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48500
Aircraft time
71,081 hours, 15,173 cycles
Part
Autopilot Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1
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.

What was found

NR 1 AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE WANDERS FROM SELECTED ALTITUDE TO UP TO 800 FEET LOW. NR 1 AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED TWICE IN FLIGHT. ACFT TRIMMED NORMALLY. PERFORMED SUCCESSFUL AFS TESTS BOTH FCCS IAW MM 22-00-00-5 AND FOLLOWING RVSM FLOW CHART IAW AMM 34-10-00-2. PERFORMED PROCEDURE TO RETURN TO RVSM OPERATIONS FOR ALL RVSM COMPONENTS LISTED IN TABLE 1 OF SAME MM REFERENCE. ALL COMPONENTS CHECKED GOOD AND PER CHART ACFT WILL REQUIRE RVSM WAVINESS INSPECTION ITEM 34-10-9271 CREATED. AFTER REPAIR OF AVIONICS EQUIPMENT RACK, PERFORMED ONE FINAL OPS CHECK OF FCC'S. ALL SYSTEM OP CHECKED NORMAL AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. IAW AMM 22-00-00-5.

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