Service difficulty report · Inu · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 8, 2011
Submitted
March 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N155CA
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46073
Aircraft time
82,342 hours, 27,063 cycles
Part
Inu
Part number
46300161800413
Part serial
0649
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 INS SCREEN WENT BLANK, NR 1 INU FAILED. NR 2 INS WARNING FLAG FLASHING, NR 2 INU FAILED. INFORMATION REPORTED FROM FLIGHT CREW IS AS FOLLOWS. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY. ON DESCENT FROM FL 260 TO 6000 WITHIN 75 MILES OF DESTINATION. THE NR 1 INS CDU WENT BLANK ALONG WITH NR 1 EADI AND NR 1 EHSI. THE LOSS OF 1 INS CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED. THE ISSP WAS PUSHED SELECTING THE NR 2 SIDE INFO BE SHOWN ON NR 1. EHSI WAS RESTORED. CONTINUED VISUAL APPROACH TO LAND, RUNWAY 17L. 17L-17R-35L AT DESTINATION WERE CLOSED AND ILS FOR 17R WAS OUT OF SERVICE. RUNWAY 14-32 WAS DEEMED NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR SAFE LANDING. WHILE ON MISSED APPROACH THE NR 2 INS STARTED FLASHING WARNING. THE INS MESSAGE WAS "DELAYED MX" DURING WHICH THE NR 2 EADI WAS LOST. THE NR 2 EHSI APPEARED TO FUNCTION BUT ALSO HAD RED FLAG. AT THIS TIME AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ATC NOTIFIED. CONTINUED ON STAND BY ATTITUDE GYRO, PITOT STATIC INSTRUMENTS. ATC SUGGESTED LANDING, DUE TO WEATHER AND RUNWAY LENGTH. PROCEEDED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED.

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