Service difficulty report · Vertical Gyro · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
April 1, 2016
Submitted
April 4, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N418NV
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49615
Aircraft time
56,683 hours, 47,720 cycles
Part
Vertical Gyro
Part number
2587335113
Part serial
88096668
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING BANKING LEFT TURN, CAPTAINS ATTITUDE MADE UNCOMMANDED FURTHER BANK & CLIMB FOLLOWED BY DFGC 1 FAIL, CAUSING AUTOPILOT & AUTO THROTTLES TO DISCONNECT. DFGC WAS SELECTED IAW QRH & AUTOPILOT & AUTO THROTTLES WERE REENGAGED. DURING NEXT TURN, DFGC 2 FAILED WITH SAME OUTCOME. DFGC 1 WAS RESELECTED & WORKED NORMALLY FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. FIRST OFFICERS FLIGHT DIRECTOR FAILED & NEVER RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. IAW TECH SUPPORT WE CHANGED RELAY R2-3 & R2-6, ALSO NR 1 VG IAW AMM 34-23-01 & AMM 20-50-00. SYS OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD. ALSO PERFORMED & RTS SYS 1. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 22-01-05.

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