Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 767*

Difficulty date
November 7, 2000
Submitted
November 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 767*
Part
Sensor
Part number
861CAB
Condition
Inaccurate
Location
Angle Of Attack
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ANGLE OF ATTACK SENSOR P/N 861CAB, CHANNEL 2, SET UP WRONG. UNITS FITTED TO BOEING 757/767. A DEFECT HAS BEEN FOUND IN WORKSHOP TEST EQUIP THAT ALLOWED UNITS TO BE RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH CHANNEL 2 SET UP WITH A 180 DEGREE ERROR. AN OPERATOR RETURNED 2 ANGLE OF ATTACKS, BOTH PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, FOUND FAULTY WHEN CHANNEL 2 SELECTED. INITIALLY, NO FAULTS FOUND WITH EITHER UNIT. INVEST REVEALED AN OPEN CIRCUIT ON CHANNEL 2 REF VOLTAGE FOR TEST EQUIP ANGLE PRECISION INDICATOR. ALL OPERATORS INVOLVED NOTIFIED OF OCCURRENCE. ALL UNITS, ANGLE OF ATTACK SENSOR P/N 861CAB, RELEASED TO SERVICE USING TEST EQUIP IN QUESTION SINCE LAST CALIBRATION HAVE BEEN RECALLED. (X)

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