Service difficulty report · Proximity Sensor · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
February 13, 2018
Submitted
February 20, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N946FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24398
Aircraft time
50,468 hours, 31,524 cycles
Part
Proximity Sensor
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING DEPARTURE, SPEED TAPE ZIPPER WOULD NOT RETRACT ABOVE 267 KNOTS. BOTH CAPTAIN`S AND FIRST OFFICER`S ZIPPERS WERE FROZEN. NO EICAS MESSAGES, NO FLIGHT CONTROL PROBLEMS. PERFORMED A PSEU BITE IAW FIM 32-09, FAULT TREE 805, FAULT CODE 003 DISPLAYED. SWAPPED THE PROXIMITY CARDS 3 AND 4, FAULT CODE 003 REMAINED. RETURNED THE CARDS TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS. PERFORMED BITE PROCEDURE FOR PSEU SENSOR TARGET TEST, FOUND TARGET 072 FAULTED, RELATED TO THE RT MAIN GEAR DOOR. CLOSED THE PROXIMITY SENSOR. PERFORMED SYS TEST OF AIR COMPUTING SYS. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TMC IAW AMM 22-31-01-4, PERFORMED THE TEST OF THE TMC IAW AMM22-31-01-4, AND PERFORMED MCDP GROUND TEST 30. CURRENT FAULT REPORT AND MCDP GROUND TEST, 40 AUTOLAND TEST IAW AMM22--00-02-2, ALL TESTS SATISFACTORY. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RT MAIN GEAR DOOR CLOSED PROXIMITY SENSOR S10072 IAW AMM 32-61-02-2. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.