Service difficulty report · Warning Horn · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 15, 2020
Submitted
February 17, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N432QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4166
Aircraft time
29,203 hours, 31,516 cycles
Part
Warning Horn
Condition
False Activation
Location
Overspeed
Part time
34,615 hours, 34,797 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

INTERMITTENT OVERSPEED WARNING (AURAL ONLY) ON CLIMB OUT, IAS WAS AROUND 230 KTS. CROSSCHECKED WITH TAS (285 AT 10,000 FEET) AND GS (305 AT 10,000 FEET, =20 KTS TAILWIND). OVERSPEED ALARM FREQUENCY INCREASED ABOVE 10,000 FEET, THEN STOPPED. GENERALLY, THE ALARM SOUNDED AT VMO -20. BOTH EFIS SOURCES NORMAL, A/S ON STBY AGREED W/ PFDS, ADC CHECK AFTER FLIGHT CAME BACK NORMAL. RETURNED TO FIELD. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. PERFORMED ADU OPS TEST IAW MTC: 6341101, IOP MODULE OPS TEST IAW MTC: 6314101 & OPS TEST OF THE TAKE-OFF WARNING SYS. IAW AMM 31-52-00-710-801. ALL OPS TESTS GOOD. PER MTX CONT, R&R ED #1 IOP MODULE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE IAW MTC: 6314101. OPS TEST GOOD, NO DEFECTS NOTED. A/C REMAINS CAT III, FLIGHT DECK PLACARD REFLECTS CAT III. MTX CONT. NOTIFIED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.