Service difficulty report · Bolt · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
October 15, 2003
Submitted
October 20, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21452
Aircraft time
47,332 hours, 33,029 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9
Part
Bolt
Condition
Missing
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CR
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 SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL FLAP RETRACTION CYCLES, OUTBOARD FLAPS STOPPED AT 5 DEG & STAYED THERE WHILE FLAPS 2 WERE COMMANDED, ALTERNATE FLAP SELECTION WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THEM FURTHER UP OR DOWN. USE OF NORMAL HYD MOTOR WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OUTBOARDS DOWN. BUT NO SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RETRACT THEM. TROUBLESHOT O/B FLAP DRIVE SYS IAW FEDEX MM, FOUND BOLT MISS NR 7 FLP CARRIAGE LOWER ACCESS CVR I/B SIDE. SPCT MISSING BOLT OF BIND BETWEEN MIDFLAP/FLAP TRCK CAUSE OB FLAP SYS TEMPORARILY INACTIVE. REPLACED MISSING BOLT. INSPECTED OB FLAP SYS/SAFETYS, NO ISSUES. OP CHECK FLAP DRIVE SYS TO FULL EXTREMES 50 TIMES. NO PROBLEMS.

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