Service difficulty report · Ahrs · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
July 24, 2010
Submitted
July 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N358PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
506
Aircraft time
27,091 hours, 38,489 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Ahrs
Part number
7003360941
Part serial
97023736
Condition
False Indication
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

ON JULY 24TH, 2010, THE ACFT WAS ENROUTE. AUTO PILOT KICKED OFF HARD. ALL CAPTIVE NAVIGATION SYS WERE LOST. ACFT WAS IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, HOWEVER, NO EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE CALLED FOR OR REQUIRED. SENT MX WITH REPLACEMENT AHRS (ATTITUDE & HEADING REFERENCE SYS) COMPUTER TO SBN. TECH R & R NR 1 AHRS COMPUTER, PERFORMED OPS CHECKS OF THE AHRS AND SYS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR FLIGHT AND REPOSITIONED ON THE MORNING OF JULY 25TH, 2010 WHERE IT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.