Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
October 16, 2021
Submitted
October 18, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N767AX
Make and model
Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial
22785
Aircraft time
66,202 hours, 44,387 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Faulted
Location
Rt Aileron
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

RT AILERON EICAS POSITION INDICATOR DOES NOT INDICATE FULL DEFLECTION DURING BEFORE TAKE-OFF CHECK.AIRCRAFT BACK TO BLOCK AND GROUNDED BY MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE POSITION TRANSMITTER AND THAT THE AILERON HAD FULL MOVEMENT. THE AILERON POSITION SYSTEM WAS PACED ON DEFERRAL IAW MEL 27-08-01 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FLIGHT.