Service difficulty report · Position Sensor · Emb ERJ170100SE

Difficulty date
September 6, 2010
Submitted
September 9, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633RW
Make and model
Emb ERJ170100SE
Aircraft serial
17000054
Aircraft time
15,836 hours, 9,844 cycles
Engine
Ge CF348E5
Part
Position Sensor
Part number
1702286B
Part serial
2542
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Zone 500
Part time
2,975 hours, 1,766 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, RECEIVED MULTIPLE MASTER CAUTION MESSAGES WHEN FLAPS SELECTED TO 1; AOA LIMIT FAIL, SHAKER ANTICIPATED, AND SLAT FAIL WERE AMONG THEM. ALL MESSAGES EXCEPT SLAT FAIL CLEARED. CONTINUED APPROACH AND RAN QRH CHECKLIST. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED BUT FIRE TRUCKS WERE AVAILABLE TO OBSERVE BRAKES DURING LANDING. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. RHOB AND RHIB BRAKES DID GET HOT CAUSING A BRAKE OVERHEAT MASTER CAUTION, BUT THEN QUICKLY COOLED OFF. MX CLEARED SF-ACE INHIBITS AND OPS CHECKED THE SYS. MESSAGE RETURNED ON NEXT FLIGHT. AGAIN THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY DECLARED BUT FIRE TRUCKS WERE PRESENT. MX R & R THE LT NR 3 AND NR 4 SLAT SKEW SENSORS.

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