Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737322

Difficulty date
September 13, 2005
Submitted
September 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303UA
Make and model
Boeing 737322
Aircraft serial
23644
Aircraft time
54,063 hours, 31,688 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Corroded
Location
Flap Transmitter
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FOUND RIGHT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER CONNECTOR D229 HAD CORROSION DAMAGE. PIN 9 OF FLAP TRANSMITTER CONNECTOR WAS CORRODED. CAPTAIN'S STALL WARNING SYSTEM WOULD NOT TEST DUE TO A CORRODED WIRE DISCONNECT PLUG (D229). THE SUBJECT DISCONNECT PLUG WAS REPLACED AND ALL ASSOCIATED WIRING DISCREPANCIES WERE CORRECTED. STALL WARNING TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER MM 27-32-00 AND ALL CHECKED NORMAL. THIS IS CONSIDERED AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. ON-CONDITION, THERE IS NO HISTORY OF SIMILAR PREVIOUS FAILURES AT THIS LOCATION