Service difficulty report · Flap System · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
December 25, 2025
Submitted
December 31, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N135NN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6520
Aircraft time
33,295 hours, 12,458 cycles
Part
Flap System
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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 ON APPROACH INTO DEN DUE THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING A FLIGHT CONTROL FLAPS LOCKED / ALIGNMENT FAULT WHEN MOVING FLAPS FROM 1 TO 2. THE FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED ECAM / QRH PROCEDURES AND LANDED SAFELY AT DEN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED TSM 27-51-00-810-818A, NO FAULTS FOUND, OPERATIONAL CHECK OF FLAP SYSTEM PER AMM 27-54-00-710-001-A, NO FAULTS FOUND, CHECK OF FLAP DRIVE SYSTEM PER AMM 27-54-00-220-007-A NO FAULTS FOUND, PERFORMED SFCC1/2 BITE TEST PER AMM 27-51-00-740-002-A, NO FAULTS FOUND, PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS PER AMM 71-00-00 TO CREATE NEW PFR, NO FAULTS/MESSAGES NOTED, VISUAL INSPECTION PER AMM 27-54-00-200-001-A, INTERCONNECT STRUT GAPS VERFIED OK PER AMM 27-51-44-820-802-A, TEST OF FDIMU OK PER AMM 31-36-00-740-012-A. MAINTENANCE DID NOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PART THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE FLAPS LOCKED / ALIGNMENT FAULT REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW.

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