What was found
DURING FLIGHT THE CREW RECEIVED A SPOILER FAIL MESSAGE AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. WHERE THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REPLACED A SPOILER PROXIMITY SWITCH, PERFORMED SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECKS AND CLEARED THE DISCREPANCY.
- Difficulty date
- December 27, 2011
- Submitted
- January 4, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N27962
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145110
- Aircraft time
- 31,182 hours, 23,323 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2760 · Drag Control System
- Part
- Proximity Switch
- Part number
- 8005701
- Condition
- Intermittent
- Location
- Spoilers
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- B
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.