AIR DATA COMPUTER FAILURE CAUSES ACFT TO DEVIATE 9 MI FROM PLANNED TRACK.

Date: 1995-09 · Aircraft: DC-8 70

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-track-heading-all-types

Synopsis

AIR DATA COMPUTER FAILURE CAUSES ACFT TO DEVIATE 9 MI FROM PLANNED TRACK.

Narrative

I WAS THE PF. DURING TKOF AT HNL; ALL MY PITOT STATIC INSTS SUDDENLY QUIT ALONG WITH MOST OF MY EFIS EQUIP DUE TO THE INTERRELATION BTWN THEM. DUE TO OUR HVY TKOF WT AND PROX TO V1; THE CAPT SAID TO CONTINUE THE TKOF. WX WAS ALSO EXCELLENT. FOUND I HAD NO YAW DAMPER OR AUTOPLT. THE CAPT DECIDED AT THIS POINT TO FLY THE ACFT WHILE THE FE AND I WORKED THE PROB. WE FOUND THE #2 AIR DATA COMPUTER FAILED AND I COULD CROSSOVER THE CAPT'S FLT INSTS TO MY SIDE AND REGAIN EVERYTHING. I WAS AGAIN FLYING AND WHILE TRACKING OUT TO OUR FIRST COAST OUT NAV CHKPOINT 'CLUTS;' THE AUTOPLT DID NOT ENGAGE IN THE INS MODE AS WE THOUGHT DUE TO OUR REPEATED SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH OF INSTS WHILE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF WE COULD ACCEPT THIS ACFT FOR THE OVERWATER XING TO ONT. NEARING CLUTS; ATC ADVISED US THAT WE WERE 9 MI W OF CLUTS INTXN WHICH WE QUICKLY CORRECTED. AFTER AN UNUSUAL SIT LIKE THIS; EACH PLT SHOULD COMPLETELY REVIEW HIS INSTRUMENTATION AND MODE SELECTORS AND THEN REVIEW AND BACKUP THE OTHER PLT IN THIS MANNER. COMPANY PROCS AND CHKLISTS SHOULD BE WRITTEN TO MAKE MENTION OF THIS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.