# SDR AALA202601165243

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 12, 2026
- Submitted: January 17, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N917NN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N917NN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 29572
- Aircraft time: 38,003 hours, 16,386 cycles
- System (JASC): [2751 · Trailing Flap Position Indicating System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2751)
- Part: Flap System
- Condition: Abnormal
- Location: 2750
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: F, J, S
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202601165243

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: THE FLAPS DID NOT EXTEND PAST 5, THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME THAT THIS ISSUE HAPPENED. AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDED INTO ORD SAFELY. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED**(OPEN).

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