Service difficulty report · Position Sensor · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
November 8, 2006
Submitted
November 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48460
Aircraft time
48,778 hours, 11,205 cycles
Part
Position Sensor
Part number
400401
Part serial
1840
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
L/E Slat
Part time
10,738 hours, 2,338 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

RIGHT AFTER T/O FROM RWY 25, A LEVEL 1 ALERT SLAT DISAGREE ILLUMINATED WHILE STILL IN T/O CONFIG. THE A/C WAS CLEANED UP WITH 25 KTS CLIMB-OUT, THEN THE F/O NOTICED AN OUTBOARD FLAP DISAGREE INDICATION ON THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT BOX WAS BLANK, THE RIGHT WAS "0" WITH AUTO PILOT OFF A/C ROLLED TO THE RIGHT. DIVERTED TO MANILA, DURING LANDING CONFIG SLAT DISAGREE CAME ON AGAIN LANDED USING 0DEG/28DEG EXT AS PER QRH. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT WING INBOARD FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER PER AMM 27-54-04-4. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT WING 4A(D1-13) SLAT POSITION SENSOR PER AMM 27-84-03-4 AND FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE SLAT POSITION INDICATION SATIS.

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