Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
January 7, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N611UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21872
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Transmitter
Part number
18195816
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Nr 5 Te Flap
Stage of operation
CL
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

EICAS MSG TE FLAP DISAGREE DISPLAYED. TRAILING EDGE LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN ANY TE FLAP POSITION SELECTED. FLAPS FAIL TO MOVE TO SELECTED POSITION. RETURNED TO FIELD. AMBER ALERT. *S/D* THE FLAP/SLAT ELECTRONICS UNIT SENSED A T/E FLAP DISAGREE CONDITION. THIS CAUSED THE 'TE DISAGREE' MSG TO APPEAR ON EICAS AND THE TE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. LOGIC IN THE FSEU INITIATED TE FLAP FAILURE PROTECTION SHUT DOWN WHICH INHIBITED FLAP MOVEMENT. THE TE FLAP DISAGREE CONDITION WAS SENSED BECAUSE OF AN OUT OF RIG TE FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER. ADJUSTED THE NR 5 TE FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER TO CORRECT RIG POSITION PER MM. ALL FINAL OPERATION CHECKS WERE OK PER MM.