Service difficulty report · Proximity Sensor · Boeing 7378

Difficulty date
October 19, 2026
Submitted
October 22, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303RG
Make and model
Boeing 7378
Aircraft serial
44448
Aircraft time
21,170 hours, 7,901 cycles
Part
Proximity Sensor
Part number
8020701
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: --DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO IAD. EMERGENCY DECLARED; AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON APPROACH INTO DCA, RT MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON PAST 45 SECS. ONCE WE PUT THE TEST LIGHTS ON, THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THEN STAYED ON. CYCLED THE GEARS 2 MORE TIMES, AND IT WAS THE SAME THING; LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE UNLESS WE PUT THE TEST LIGHT SWITCH TO ON. THIS WOULD TAKE OVER A MINUTE. T/S IAW FIM 32-09-00-810-805 AND FOUND MTC MSG 32-01005. FOUND NLG PROX SENSOR S1015 OUT OF RANGE. ADJUSTED SENSOR IAW AMM 32-09-02. OPS CHKD GOOD. WHILE T/S FOUND RH MLG INDICATOR LIGHT WITH INCORRECT BULB CAUSING INCORRECT INDICATIONS. R/R RH MLG INDICATOR LIGHT BULBS IAW SWPM 20-84-18.

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