Service difficulty report · Circuit Card · Boeing 737322

Difficulty date
April 19, 2008
Submitted
December 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N374UA
Make and model
Boeing 737322
Aircraft serial
24639
Aircraft time
52,043 hours, 35,789 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM563C1
Part
Circuit Card
Condition
Faulty
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT DUE TO NOSE GEAR PROBLEM. PER CREW, ONLY HAD A RED NOSE GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON APPROACH. DID A FLY BY, TOWER ADVISED IT LOOKED LIKE ALL 3 GEAR WERE DOWN. CREW VERIFIED NOSE DOWN THROUGH VIEWPORT. CAPT WENT BACK IN THE CABIN AND OPERATED MLG DOWN AFTER FINDING YELLOW INDICATOR STRIP. CAPT DID SAY AFTER CB RESET ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. RANG OUT SENSORS S845 AND S846 ON NOSE LANDING GEAR. BOTH WITHIN LIMITS. FOUND BOTH LAMPS INOP ON GREEN LIGHT FOR NOSE GEAR, RELAMPED GREEN LIGHT OPS NORMAL WITH GEAR DOWN. SUSPECT M1215 CARD. CYCLED MLG AND NLG 6 TIMES FROZE SENSORS ON NLG. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, BUT SUSPECT M1215 CARD PER T-S MANUAL. REPLACED M1215 CARD. CYCLED NOSE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. ALL LIGHTS AND INDICATION NORMAL.