SDR UIEA9923

Service difficulty report · Ins · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
May 16, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N526MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
22337
Part
Ins
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

FLT AZ9204 - MXP/JFK - ATB - ALL THREE INS SYSTEMS MALFUNCTIONED. ALL PREFLIGHT FUNCTIONS WERE NORMAL, INS ALIGNED AND LOADED PROPERLY. AFTER DEPARTURE FROM MXP, UPDATED NR 1 INS USING LSA (VOR) AND GVA FOR NR 2 INS, UPDATE PROPERLY OBTAINED. A SECOND UPDATE WAS ATTEMPTED AT LBL (VOR). ALL THREE (3) INS WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED AT THE SAME TIME AND ALL EXHIBITED THE SAME FAULT CODE. ATLAS AIR OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER. JFK REQUESTED CREW TO RETURN TO MXP, DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO MXP. INS NAVIGATION UNITS REPLACED. OPERATIONS CHECKS NORMAL. NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES OBSERVED. (M)

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