Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 3, 2015
Submitted
August 11, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N877GA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53467
Aircraft time
37,594 hours, 26,898 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Spoiler
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT APPROX 2000 FEET ON APPROACH, SPOILER DEPLOYED, LIGHT ILLUMINATED. COMPLETED 360' TURN & LIGHT REMAINED ON. AFTER RESTARTING, APPROACH LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY & FINALLY EXTINGUISHED AT 1000 FEET. NO ADVERSE EFFECT NOTED DURING TURN. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDED RELATED TO EMER DECLARED, ON THE APPROACH FOR LANDING. AT ABOUT 2,000 FEET SPOILER DEPLOYED, ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON. ASKED FOR A 360 DEGREE TURN TO ACCESS THE SITUATION. AFTER THE TURN, DECLARED AN EMER, AT ABOUT 1,000 FEET THE SPOILER DEPLOYED & ANNUNCIATOR WENT OUT. FOUND LT INBD FLIGHT SPOILER, SPOILER DEPLOYED SENSOR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. ADJUSTED SENSOR IAW AMM 27-61-05-2-0. COMPLIED WITH PROXIMITY SENSOR BITE TEST IAW AMM 32-60-00 101. ALL CHECKED NORMAL.

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