Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 24, 2014
Submitted
March 24, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48489
Aircraft time
71,949 hours, 15,792 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Faulted
Location
Anti Ice
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT PASSING FL 340, RECEIVED AN ANTI -ICE SENSOR FAIL ALERT. WING, TAIL, & ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS OFF. TROUBLESHOT IAW FIM 36-11-01 FIGURE 103. ANTI-ICE SENSOR FAIL ALERT DISAPPEARED WHILE FOLLOWING FIM PROCEDURE. ONLY SENSOR SHOWING A FAULT IS PE2 X'D OUT IN PSC-1. ALL OTHER SENSORS APPEAR TO BE WORKING NORMALLY IN PSC-1 & PSC-2. TROUBLESHOT PE2 SENSOR IAW FIM 30-12-03-00 AND WAS HARD FAULTED WITH A HISTORY ALREADY ON MEL. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING, HAD PE1 SENSOR WITH INTERMITTENT FAULTS, WHEN PE1 FAULTED ANTI-ICE SENSOR FAIL MESSAGE WOULD APPEAR. REPLACED PE1 SENSOR REF 36-11-05-4 NO MESSAGES, PE2 STILL ON MEL. REPLACED PE2 PRIMARY & PE2 BACKUP SENSORS.

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