Service difficulty report · Adc · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
January 3, 2019
Submitted
January 3, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N951FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
28665
Aircraft time
33,143 hours, 23,231 cycles
Part
Adc
Part number
4040800912
Part serial
89101953
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
3,078 hours, 2,140 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT 4000FT IN THE TURN TO JOIN 36L LOC THE CAPTAINS AIRSPEED BECAME UNRELIABLE. TEMP WAS 13 DEGREES C WITH ENG TAI OFF. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ATC PROVIDED VECTORS TO ALLOW US TIME TO RUN THE AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE CHECKLIST. THE CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND DETERMINED FIRST OFFICERS INFORMATION AND STANDBY WAS CORRECT. FIRST OFFICER BECAME PF AND FLEW ILS 36C TO LANDING KMEM. WHEN AIRSPEED BECAME UNRELIABLE THE L ENG EEC AND R ENG EEC BOTH DISPLAYED AS CAS MESSAGES AND THE TRANSPONDER WOULD NOT WORK IN NR 1 POSITION. CONFIRMED FAILED L ADC. REMOVED AND REPLACED L AIR DATA COMPUTER REF MM 34-12-01-4. REQUIRED ADC OPS CKS ALL NORMAL. L (NR 1) ATC TRANSPONDER CKS NORMAL REF MM 34-53-99-5. OK FOR SERVICE.