Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 11, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N511PE
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20634
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Sensor
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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NOSE GEAR RED UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY IN FLIGHT AND WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT NOSE GEAR POSITION SENSOR. THE SENSOR WIRE WAS REPAIRED. OPERATION AND INDICATIONS CHECKED GOOD.