Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
December 16, 2020
Submitted
December 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N832AA
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
40638
Aircraft time
12,339 hours, 1,299 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
CA72711006
Part serial
07993
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
12,484 hours, 1,324 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ON TAXI OUT, FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND. REMOVED AND REPLACED SPOILER NR 5 ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR (AALA202012219004) AND ELECTROMECHANICAL CONTROL UNIT (AALA202012179016), IAW AMM 27-61-16.

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