SDR AALA20150726002

Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date: July 26, 2015
Submitted: July 29, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N918NN
Make and model: Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial: 33228
Aircraft time: 7,835 hours, 3,100 cycles
System (JASC): 3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning
Part: Sensor
Condition: Out Of Adjust
Location: Mlg
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

WHEN GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN THE UP POSITION, RED WARNING ON NOSE GEAR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE TO DOWN POSITION & ALL THREE INDICATION LIGHTS SHOWED GREEN. DIVERTED, EMERGENCY DECLARED, AND LANDING UNEVENTFUL. FOUND SENSOR S1015 GAP AT 0.075, OUT OF LIMITS IAW AMM 32-09-02-220-802, GAP OF 0.90 TO 0.110 . ADJUSTED S1015 TARGET GAP.