Service difficulty report · Iru · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
March 21, 2002
Submitted
April 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N459PS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3070
Aircraft time
15,315 hours, 13,320 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Iru
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AS THE CREW ADVANCED THE POWER LEVERS, THE INERTIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM'S AUXILIARY SYSTEM FAILED AND THE CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT THEN RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE ADVISED THE CREW TO TURN OFF ALL POWER AND ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO RESET. WHEN THE CREW POWERED UP THE SYSTEMS, FLIGHT 4124 WAS CLEARED FOR ANOTHER TAKEOFF ATTEMPT. FLIGHT 4124 THEN DEPARTED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS.