Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
January 4, 2017
Submitted
January 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N850NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
40580
Aircraft time
20,716 hours, 8,069 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
18173812
Part serial
2602
Condition
Faulty
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. WHEN LOWERING FLAPS, THE FLAP INDICATOR SHOWED A FLAP SPLIT AND STOPPED. ALTERNATE FLAP SELECTION UTILIZED AND FLAPS CONTINUED TO 15 DEGREES SELECTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER ASSEMBLY IAW AMM 27-58-01. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.