Service difficulty report · Lever · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 17, 2017
Submitted
January 10, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N688AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500849
Aircraft time
33,491 hours, 28,447 cycles
Part
Lever
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF CARGO DOOR OPEN INDICATION ON EICAS AND ON T/O PAGE OF MFD. BAGGAGE DOOR WARNING (POSITION ON EICAS & MFD) DEFERRED, VERIFIED CLOSED. WAS ABLE TO GENERATE FAULT OF BAGGAGE DOOR INDICATING CLOSED WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY OPEN. DETERMINED THAT BOTH MICROSWITCH ASSEMBLIES ARE PROVIDING AN INTERMITTENT GROUND. WORK PERFORMED IAW AMM 52-76-01. NO TIME TO CHECK EACH INDIVIDUAL MICROSWITCH ASSEMBLY. SEEMS LIKE BOTH SWITCHES ARE ON THE THRESHOLD OF HAVING OPEN OR CLOSED CONTACTS. TROUBLESHOT BAGGAGE DOOR OPEN MESSAGE IAW FIM 52-70-00. COMPLETED STEPS 1-3 OF THE FAULT ISOLATION PROCEDURES WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING REQUIRED. RECONNECTED BOTH ROD ENDS AT LOWER ATTACHMENT POINTS OF THE CARGO DOOR UPPER CRANK LOCK LEVERS IAW AMM 52-31-700-801 SEC 2 J AND FIG 503. ADJUSTED UPPER AFT CRANK LOCK LEVER IAW AMM 52-31-00.

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