Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Boeing 757223

Difficulty date
November 24, 2016
Submitted
November 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N177AN
Make and model
Boeing 757223
Aircraft serial
32396
Aircraft time
50,144 hours, 13,967 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
L

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. DURING APPROACH WHEN FLAPS 5 DEGREES SELECTED RECEIVED EICAS MESSAGE "TE FLAP ASYM" AND FLAPS STOPPED AT 2 DEGREES. FOUND DAMAGE TO #7 SKEW HARNESS AT CONNECTOR D8970. REPAIRED HARNESS IAW AMM 20-10-13 AND ACCOMPLISHED FSAM BIT CHECK AND SKEW SYSTEM TEST IAW AMM 27-51-00 AND 27-59-00. SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL.