# SDR AALA202607139902

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 10, 2026
- Submitted: July 14, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N980AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 33203
- Aircraft time: 49,983 hours, 21,400 cycles
- System (JASC): [2751 · Trailing Flap Position Indicating System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2751)
- Part: Proximity Switch
- Condition: Faulty
- Location: Zone 500
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: F
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202607139902

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: LE FLAPS TRANSIT AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 380 WITH THE NR 3 LEADING EDGE SLAT ILLUMINATED ON THE OVERHEAD LE DEVICES PANEL. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURE. ROLL WAS ENCOUNTERED WITH DEPLOYED SLAT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE S3 OUTBD PROXIMITY SWITCH SENSOR IAW AMM 27-11-00.

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