Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 19, 2013
Submitted
November 22, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48470
Aircraft time
67,246 hours, 14,725 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
892001
Condition
Failed
Location
Le Slat
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

UPON CONFIGURATION AT 15 DEG FLAPS, LEVEL 2 SLAT DISAGREE ILLUMINATED, GO AROUND. RAN CHECKLIST ON EXTENDED DOWNWIND. DURING GO AROUND THERE WAS SOME FEEL THAT CONFIGURATION WAS OFF. LANDED SLAT STOW FLAPS 28 DEGREES AT 185KTS & MAX BRAKES. RAN SLATS VERIFIED SLAT DISAGREE. BRAKE & TIRE TEMPS ALL RETURNED TO NORMAL. IAW FIM 31-71-07-00 FIG 107 PERFORMED SYS TEST OF PSEU, FAILED STEP 7 WITH THE TARGET 02 SHOWING SENSOR FAILED. SWAPPED PSEU VERIFIED SAME FAULT & REINSTALLED ORIGINAL PSEU IAW MM 31-71-01-2. R & R LT NR SLAT POSITION SENSOR 02B IAW MD 11 MM 27-84-03-4, ALL OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL IAW MM 27-84-00-5.

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