Service difficulty report · Strut · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
July 17, 2021
Submitted
July 20, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922US
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6537
Aircraft time
20,441 hours, 7,982 cycles
Part
Strut
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Lt Wing Te Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F
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: DURING APPROACH INTO PHX A FLAPS LOCKED - ALIGNMENT FAULT WARNING APPEARED AT FLAPS 2. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, ABORTED THE APPROACH AND ACCOMPLISHED A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PHX WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT WING AND RIGHT WING TRAILING EDGE FLAP INTERCONNECTING STRUTS OUT OF RIG. RIGGED THE LEFT WING AND RIGHT WING TRAILING EDGE FLAP INTERCONNECTING STRUTS PER AMM 27-51-44. A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. (LEFT WING REPORTED ON AALA202107207409 & RIGHT WING REPORTED ON AALA202107202080)

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