Service difficulty report · Warning System · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 26, 2005
Submitted
January 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N87UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26713
Aircraft time
41,772 hours, 14,568 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Warning System
Condition
Activated
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO A FLAP ASYMMETRY PROBLEM. THIS EVENT IS CONSIDERED BY ENGINEERING TO BE A ONE-TIME NUISANCE EVENT. THE LE SLAT ASYMMETRY STATUS MESSAGE WAS GENERATED BY THE FLAP/SLAT ELECTRONICS UNIT (FSEU). THE NR 2 FSEU WAS RESET AND ALL OVERLOAD INDICATORS ON THE LE SLAT ACTUATORS WERE CHECKED OK PER AMM 27-81-18. FLAPS WERE OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AND ALL CHECKED NORMAL. THIS IS NO RECENT HISTORY OF LE SLAT ASYMMETRY PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT AND NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES.