Service difficulty report · Proximity Switch · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
February 18, 2004
Submitted
February 19, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N312FE
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
48300
Aircraft time
40,805 hours, 12,651 cycles
Part
Proximity Switch
Part number
894601
Part serial
A21
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Slats
Part time
2,784 hours, 1,442 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF OUT OF OAK, SLATS DID NOT RETRACT. ALERT FOR SLAT DISAGREE. RAN THE QRH CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO OAK. CYCLED TWICE. CHECKED PSEU & FCC 1 & 2. PERFORMED PSEU RTS, ALL NORMAL. TESTED SLAT SENSORS MM 27-84-02-5, ALL NORMAL. PERFORMED RTS OF SLAT SYS IN BOTH FCC-1 & 2, ALL NORMAL. NOTICED IN ACARS THAT ALL B-SENSORS SHOWED 0 WITH SLAT HANDLE IN RETRACT POS. FLIGHT CREW VERIFIED SLATS FOLLOWING COMMANDED POSITION, NO BUFFETING APPEARS A DISAGREEMENT INSIDE PSEU INDICATIONS MM 31-71-01-2 AND 45-45-01. REMOVED AND REPLACED PSEU RTS AND CONFIG CODE NORMAL. COMFIRMED BAD PSEU, PSEU SENSOR READOUT L2A NOW SHOWS OK (00) MM 31-71-01-2.

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