SDR 2017F00024

Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737205

Difficulty date
January 8, 2017
Submitted
January 9, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N467TW
Make and model
Boeing 737205
Aircraft serial
23466
Aircraft time
43,062 hours, 40,195 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17A
Engine time
27,027 hours, 25,599 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Wing Te Flaps
Part time
447 hours, 336 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLAP ASYMMETRY ISSUE AFTER TAKE OFF. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LAND AT ALTERNATE AIRPORT. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RT FLAP TRANSMITTER AND THE FLAP INDICATOR WERE FAULTY. REPLACED FAULTY UNITS AND THE DISCREPANCY WITH THE FLAP ASYMMETRY WAS RESOLVED.