Service difficulty report · Motor · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
April 17, 2003
Submitted
April 17, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
20934
Aircraft time
51,387 hours, 32,241 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
MS9391130ZE4C
Part serial
MX354103C
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 600
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O FLAP RETRACTION - OUTBOARD T/E FLAPS STAYED AT 5 DEG WHEN FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TO 2 DEGREES. USED ALT FLAP MASTER SWITCH TO RETRACT FLAPS PER QRH PROCEDURE. PERF T/S AND FOUND OUTBOARD FLAP STUCK FROM 5 TO 2, RESET USING ALTERNATE. COULD NOT GET IT STUCK AGAIN BUT THEN WAS VERIFIED THAT THE MOVEMENT FROM 5 UP TO ZERO WAS NOT CONSISTENT; THE TORQUE TUBE WAS MOVING AS IT WAS GRABING. VERIFIED BY-PASS VLV AND FOUND WORKING PROPERLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP POWER UNIT HYD MOTOR AS PER B727-200 MM 27-51-062-4. RAN SYS SEVERAL TIMES AND NOW IT'S WORKING CONSISTENTLY. ACFT IS OKAY TO FLY.

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