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Parts · Cabin, seats and restraints

Sight Gauge

3 failure reports named the sight gauge in the last ten years, 10 since 1998, most often on the Boeing 737; the condition most often found was "cloudy". 4 FAA approvals let 2 companies make a replacement sight gauge, Vickers INC, Systems Monitoring Div holding the most (2).

Reports by year

000111998201312025
Reports by year, as a table
reports
19981
19991
20001
20041
20101
20131
20151
20171
20241
20251

Which system the reports file it under last ten years

Reports by system, as a table
reports
Cabin, seats and restraints2
Airframe structure1

How it failed the condition found, last ten years

cloudy1no discrepancy1out of adjust1
Conditions found, as a table
reports
cloudy1
no discrepancy1
out of adjust1

Approved replacement parts 4 parts manufacturer approvals

A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a sight gauge and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a sight gauge:

For these models most: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 500 (1), Boeing 737 (1).

MakerPartReplacesFitsGrantedStatus
Vickers INC, Systems Monitoring DivSight Gauge M1621-1British Aerospace M1621-1British Aerospace Jetstream 411998-02-02current
Shaw Aero Devices INCSight Gauge, Oil Level, Titanium 221-0014-01(30J1700-02)221-0014-01(30J1700-02)Pratt & Whitney PW 545A1997-12-09current
Shaw Aero Devices INCSight Gauge, Oil Level, Titanium 221-0016-01(31J1517-02)221-0016-01(31J1517-02)Pratt & Whitney PW530A1997-12-09current
Vickers INC, Systems Monitoring DivSight Gauge 2D2738AlliedSignal 3862994-1Boeing 737-300, -400, -500 with...1995-12-27current

Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.