Service difficulty report · Computer · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 19, 2009
Submitted
February 23, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4147
Aircraft time
5,450 hours, 5,643 cycles
Part
Computer
Part number
15002550001
Part serial
22892
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 200
Part time
4,079 hours, 4,275 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

SEA - ON ILS CAT III RUNWAY 3 GEG, AIII STBY WINDOW AT 10 MI FINAL. WHEN ALT SWITCHING TO AIII, NO AIII, NO AIII MESSAGE. ATTEMPTED APPR RESET, NO AIII. SECOND APPROACH SAME RESULTS. ABORTED APPROACH AND DIVERTED BACK TO SEA. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE HGS COMPUTER AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE IAW MTC 6343501, HGS OP'S TESTED GOOD. ACFT AND PLACARD ARE CAT III QUALIFIED, MEL PLACARDS REMOVED FROM ACFT AND LOG BOOK. RETURNED TO SERVICE.