Service difficulty report · Vor · Boeing 7672B7

Difficulty date
October 6, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651US
Make and model
Boeing 7672B7
Aircraft serial
24764
Part
Vor
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

PHL - FLT EN ROUTE PHL-MAD, THE AUTOTHROTTLES FAILED. CREW WAS ABLE TO RESET. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CREW RECEIVED THE EICAS MESSAGE 'LT FMT FAIL', AT WHICH TIME THE CENTER AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED. CREW WAS ABLE TO REGAIN USE OF LEFT FMC, BUT DECIDED TO RETURN TO PHL. EN ROUTE PHL, THE RIGHT ADF FAILED ONCE AND THE RIGHT VOR FAILED THREE TIMES (CREW WAS ABLE TO STORE AFTER EACH FAILURE). FLIGHT LANDED AT PHL WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE FIM PROCEDURE FOR THE FMC, AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THE RIGHT VOR AND RIGHT ADF RECEIVERS WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. (M)

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