Service difficulty report · Fseu · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
February 6, 2001
Submitted
March 15, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N609UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21870
Aircraft time
69,341 hours, 17,382 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Fseu
Part serial
D00987
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
L/E Flap
Component
285T0049
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

L/E SLAT ASSYM EICAS MSG AND ASSOC LIGHT ILLUM WHEN FLAP HANDLE PLACED TO ZERO. SLAT INDICATION STICKS BETWEEN 1 AND ZERO. PER FLT MANUAL IRREG 7-40 CYCLE FLAPS TO EXTEND, NO HELP. L/E ASSYM RETURNED UPON RETRACT SELECTION. PER FLT MANUAL DID NOT SELECT ALT L/E SYSTEM. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SFO. *S/D* NUISANCE MESSAGE GENERATED BY FLAP/SLAT ELECTRONICS UNIT (FSEU). REPLACED FSEU PER MM 27-51-01. RAN FLAPS AND SLATS TO FULL EXTEND AND RETRACT TWICE AND THEN ACCOMPLISHED BITE CHECK OF FSEU. ALL OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL AND NO FAULTS FOUND.