# SDR AALA202601142459

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 10, 2026
- Submitted: January 14, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N359PX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N359PX), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 31280
- Aircraft time: 23,108 hours, 10,206 cycles
- System (JASC): [2750 · Trailing Edge Flap Control System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2750)
- Part: Flap System
- Condition: Faulted
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202601142459

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: ON APPROACH FLAPS STUCK AT 5. AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDED SAFELY AT CUN. ACCOMPLISHED TASK PER FIM 27-51-00-810-832 NO FAULT CONFIRMED. GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF FLAP MECHANISM AND TORQUE TUBES NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. OPERATIONAL TEST OF FLAPS SYSTEM WITH NORMAL PROCEDURE HYDRAULIC. ALL INDICATIONS AND OPERATIONAL TEST WAS SATISFACTORY. NO FAULT FOUND.

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