Service difficulty report · Bracket · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
May 24, 2017
Submitted
May 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N861NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31109
Aircraft time
20,308 hours, 8,081 cycles
Part
Bracket
Condition
Broken
Location
Skew Sensor
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, TRAILING EDGE FLAP AYSMMETRY PROBLEM, FLAPS LOCKED AT 2 UNITS. ABORTED THE APPROACH AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE CREW COMPLETED QRH PROCEDURES. COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LT OTBD NR 1 SKEW SENSOR BRACKET BROKEN. REPLACED SKEW SENSOR IAW MM 27-59-01. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.