Service difficulty report · Accessory Unit · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
April 13, 2002
Submitted
June 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22645
Aircraft time
60,702 hours, 48,509 cycles
Part
Accessory Unit
Part number
6552811109
Part serial
D00033
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
4,008 hours, 3,051 cycles
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

AFTER RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR THE RT MLG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUM, ACFT RETURNED. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AFTER THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED AT THE BOTTOM OF DESCEND. MX TROUBLESHOT AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR ACCESSORY UNIT, AND THE RT LANDING GEAR PROXIMITY SENSOR SWITCH, OPS TEST GOOD. VENDOR BENCH TEST OF LANDING GEAR ACCESSORY UNIT CONFIRMED FAILURE WITH UNIT FAILING TEST FOR PROXIMITY SWITCH. TEARDOWN FINDING FOUND PROXIMITY SWITCHES L3, L8, L13, AND L16 OUT OF CALIBRATION. THE SWITCHES WERE CALIBRATED, AND TEARDOWN ALSO NOTED RESISTORS WERE REPLACED (NO PART NUMBERS).