Service difficulty report · Control Module · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
October 17, 2016
Submitted
October 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N975AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29549
Aircraft time
45,906 hours, 18,658 cycles
Part
Control Module
Part number
273A33018
Part serial
D01099
Condition
Sticking
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. DURING APPROACH THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE STUCK IN THE UP POSITION. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE REQUIRED TO PLACE IT IN THE DOWN POSITION. GEAR EXTENDED SUCCESSFULLY. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER MODULE ASSEMBLY IAW AMM 32-31-11 AND ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFUL LANDING GEAR CONTROL SYSTEM TEST IAW AMM 32-31-00.