Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
April 2, 2016
Submitted
April 4, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N840NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
33518
Aircraft time
19,087 hours, 7,369 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
8020701
Condition
Faulty
Location
Le Slat
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL, ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. DURING APPROACH WITH TE FLAPS AT 30, THE AMBER LE TRANSIT LIGHT & OVERHEAD AMBER SLAT 6 LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 27-88-00 WITH SLAT 6 PROXIMITY FAULT RETURNED. R & R 6 SLAT SENSOR S1004 IAW AMM 27-88-11. ACCOMPLISHED OPERATIONAL CHECK. SYS CHECKED NORMAL.