Service difficulty report · Radio Altimeter · Boeing 757222
FAA SDR system
- Difficulty date
- October 7, 2011
- Submitted
- October 7, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N595UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 28748
- Aircraft time
- 53,638 hours, 14,983 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Radio Altimeter
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Cockpit
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
CREW REPORT: CAPTS RADAR ALTIMETER CONSTANTLY FLASHING ERRONEOUS VALUES. SAMC TEXT: FLT CREW REPORTED 'GEAR NOT DOWN' WARNING ON THROTTLE RETARDING. ALTIMETER ERRONEOUS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. REPEAT WRITE-UP. COMPLIED WITH MEL 3433E. -INF- :CB F5, LEFT RADIO ALT PULLED AND COLLARED.