Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
August 30, 2000
Submitted
October 25, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23554
Part
Sensor
Part number
189929
Condition
Failed
Location
Air/Ground
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

SAV - FLT 2382 - EN ROUTE FROM CLT TO SAV, AT FL220, THE CABIN BEGAN TO LOSE PRESS AND THE A/C EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INFLIGHT PROBLEMS WHICH SEEMED TO INDICATE AN AIR/GROUND SENSE FAULT. ACARS, TCAS, FLIGHT DIRECTOR, TRANSPONDER AND LNAV WERE AFFECTED. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND BEGAN AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO FL100. NO OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED. CAPT ADVISED PASSENGERS OF RAPID DESCENT DUE TO A COCKPIT PRESSURIZATION INDICATION. AT FL100, CAPTAIN CANCELED THE EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE S105 AIR/GROUND SENSE PROXIMITY SENSOR BAD. REMOVED AND REPLACED SAME PER MM CHAPTER 32. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF ALL SYSTEMS GOOD. (M)