Service difficulty report · Altimeter · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 16, 2018
Submitted
October 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N253UP
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48439
Aircraft time
72,237 hours, 15,139 cycles
Part
Altimeter
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
First Officer'S
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PASSING FL 180 DURING CLIMB, THE FIRST OFFICER LOST ALL CONTROL OF HIS BARO ALTIMETRY, ALT DISPLAYED BOTH EAD'S, ALT WINDOW ON AFS PANEL WENT BLANK, NO CONTROL WITH ALTITUDE KNOB. AIRSPEED HDG ALSO BLANKED WITH NO CONTROL, AUTO THROTTLES LOCKED. AIR TURN BACK. TROUBLESHOT IAW FIM 22-00-00-810-837, BOTH FCC'S HAVE CURRENT FAULTS ADC 1 AND ADC 2 BARO COR ALT LNV FLO BARO COR ALT INV FLO BARO KNOB INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED ADC 2 IAW AMM 34-16-01 ADC OPS TESTED OK IAW AMM 34-16-01, BARO KNOB ON FIRST OFFICER`S SIDE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. PERFORM AFS CAT3 B TEST ON FCC 1 AND FCC.

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