Service difficulty report · Warning System · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
September 19, 2017
Submitted
September 22, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N973AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29548
Aircraft time
48,623 hours, 19,760 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. DFW-SFO FLIGHT RETURNED TO DFW ACCOUNT NR 3 FLAP STUCK IN TRANSIT AFTER TAKEOFF. FIRST CYCLE OF FLAPS RAISED SLAT, 2 MINUTES LATER THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND WOULD NOT RESET. OVERWEIGHT LANDING UNEVENTFUL. ACCOMPLISHED BITE RESET AND TEST OF THE FLAP/SLAT ELECTRONICS UNIT PER FIM 27-88-00. INTERMITTENT FAULT WITH NO HISTORY.