Service difficulty report · Position Switch · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
February 21, 2000
Submitted
October 4, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21880
Aircraft time
16,456 hours, 61,463 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Position Switch
Part number
834403
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Nr 6 Slat
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

''L/E SLAT ASSM'' EICAS WITH FLAPS SELECTED UP, FLAP POS IND, SHOWED BETWEEN 0 & 1. RTF. *S/D* SLAT MOVEMENT WAS INHIBITED BY THE FLAP/SLAT ELECT UNIT (FSEU) WHEN IT RECEIVED A SLAT POSITION LOGIC SIGNAL FROM THE PROXIMITY SWITCH ELECT UNIT (PSEU) INDICATING A SLAT ASYMMETRIC CONDITION. THE ASYMMETRIC LOGIC SIGNAL ORIGINATED FROM AN OUT OF RIG SLAT POSITION SWITCH (S287) LOCATED ON THE LEFT WING, NR 6 INBOARD SLAT, OUTBOARD SWITCH POSITION. THE SUBJECT S287 POSITION SWITCH WAS CORRECTLY RIGGED PER MM AND THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED OK PER MM.