Service difficulty report · Iru · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
August 2, 2015
Submitted
August 3, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48501
Aircraft time
727 hours, 16,165 cycles
Part
Iru
Condition
Out Of Alignment
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF MAGENTA LINE SHOWED TURN TO NORTHWEST INSTEAD OF SOUTH. SHOWED UNABLE RNP, GNS SHOWED APPROX 5000 NM OFF. CHECKED POSITION & WAY POINTS PRIOR TO PUSHBACK, ALL CHECKED GOOD. MAGENTA LINE LOOKED GOOD, MAP & PLAN HEADING SHOWED OFF APPROX 40 DEG IN AIR. RETURNED & FOUND ALL THREE IRU'S IN DISAGREE FOR ALIGNMENT. GNS SHOWED CORRECT LATERAL & LONGITUDE. REALIGNED ALL IRU'S IAW AMM 34-43-00-5. ALL LATERAL & LONGITUDE REFERENCES AGREE, GNS & IRU. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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