Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
October 12, 2016
Submitted
October 13, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N947FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24882
Aircraft time
55,159 hours, 27,167 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
834503
Part serial
A121353
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
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

DURING TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. LOST AUTO-THROTTLES, SPEEDS, FLIGHT DIRECTOR, AUTO PILOT. F/O RETRACTED GEAR USING LOCK OVERRIDE.MADE DECISION TO RETURN.ALSO LOST CABIN ALT,TAT PROBE,TRANSPONDER WOULD NOT INDENTIFY TO ATC.EICAS MESSAGES"CABIN ALT AUTO 2,WARN ELEX,NOSE A/G DISAGREE,AIR/GND DISAGREE,TAT PROBE,NO AUTOBRAKES,NO SPEED BRAKES. CHECK FOUND THE STATUS MSG:CAPT PITOT HEAT,L AUX PITOT HEAT ,AIR/GND DISAGREE, NOSE A/G DISAGREE,CABIN ALT AUTO 2,RESET POWER OF THE A/C, ONLY STATUS MSG:AIR/GND DISAGREE,NOSE A/G DISAGREE.ALSO PERFORMED BITE OF PSEU, NO FAULT CODE FOUND. T/S CHECK FOUND THE NOSE GEAR COMPRESSED PROX SENSOR (S10068) BROKEN. SENSOR REPLACED. DURING SWING CHECK, THE LH MAIN GEAR TRUCK COULD NOT BE HOLD POSITION. FURTHER T/S FOUND THE LEFT TRUCK POSITIONER SHUTTLE VALVE HYD FUSE LOCKED & RESET THE HYD FUSE PER AMM 32-32-19-2.ALSO FOUND THE POSITIONER PX TUBE BROKEN, REPLACED THE BROKEN HOSE WITH A TEMPORARY FLEX HOSE PER AMM 20-10-10- 8,CHECKED NO LEAKAGE. PERFORMED TEST OF MAIN GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION PER AMM 32-32-00-5,TEST PASSED.A/C OK FOR SERVICE.