Service difficulty report · Probe · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
December 2, 2021
Submitted
December 3, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N642QX
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000762
Aircraft time
8,532 hours, 5,150 cycles
Part
Probe
Part number
2015G2H2H9A
Part serial
0359
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 100
Part time
1,118 hours, 747 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE (FL280) AMBER "ALT" FLAG APPEARED ON BOTH ALTIMETERS. FO WAS PILOT FLYING AND SRC WAS ON FO SIDE. IN FLIGHT DATA AS FOLLOWS: ADS1 - 28220', ADS2 - 28000', ADS3 - 28080' ALTIMETER 29.92, T=56 C, IESS - 28070. XPDR#1 WAS IN USE. NO CHANGE WHEN SELECTING XPDR#2. UPON DESCENT "ALT" FLAG EXTINGUISHED AND REMAINED SO FOR DURATION OF RETURN FLIGHT AT FL250, APPROACH AND LANDING. PERFORMED ALTITUDE SPLIT EVALUATION REF FIM 34-15-00-810-850-A ADSP 1 SHOWS 100% RESPONSIBLE PERFORMED GVI OF ADS PROBES, NO DEFECTS NOTED. I HAVE PERFORMED ALL INSPECTIONS AND/OR TESTS AS DETAILED IN PARAGRAPH C OF THIS FERRY PERMIT, AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS SAFE FOR FERRY FLIGHT FROM ANC TO PDX. REPLACED THE #1 AIR DATA PROBE.

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