Service difficulty report · Flap System · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
December 13, 2025
Submitted
December 16, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31161
Aircraft time
37,732 hours, 16,508 cycles
Part
Flap System
Condition
Split
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
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 GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: ENROUTE SHORTLY AFTER TRIMMING THE AIRCRAFT, THE YOKE WAS TILTED RIGHT AND REQUIRED RETRIMMING AGAIN. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE CREW NOTICED A FLAP ASYMMETRY. FLAP HANDLE UP, FLAP INDICATOR WAS SPLIT BETWEEN UP AND 1. RIGHT FLAP LOWER THAN LEFT. AIRCRAFT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY AT ORD. (OPEN).