Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Boeing 737522

Difficulty date
July 28, 2003
Submitted
August 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N948UA
Make and model
Boeing 737522
Aircraft serial
26691
Aircraft time
30,098 hours, 19,486 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Warning Light
Condition
Illuminated
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW HAD ASYMMETRICAL FLAP INDICATION ON APPROACH. MADE NORMAL LANDING. CHECK OF THE FLAP INDICATION SYSTEM ON THE GROUND WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR (N54) WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. SYSTEM HAS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY SINCE INDICATOR REPLACEMENT. UPON INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE INDICATOR, IT WAS FOUND THAT AN INTERNAL NUT, SPACER AND WASHER CAME LOOSE AND CAUSED A DISTORTION IN THE MAIN SHAFT RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE INDICATOR.