Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date
November 11, 2017
Submitted
November 13, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N320AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial
33680
Aircraft time
50,869 hours, 19,840 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
18173812
Part serial
1416
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flap
Part time
30,960 hours, 9,224 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
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

LE FLAPS AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATED FLAPS LESS THAN ONE, FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND PER QRH ALTERNATE METHOD. GROUNDED - YES. EMERGENCY DECLARED - CONFIRMED FAULT, FSEU BITE SHOWS "TE FLAP SNSR FAULT MSG 27-52259". T/S PER FIM 27-51 TASK 813 TE FLAP SNSR L, FOUND LT FLAP POSN SNSR OFF BY 3 DEGREES (TOLERANCE 0.4 DEG). ALSO, NOTICED LT FLAP NEEDLE ON FLAP POSN INDICATOR ERRATIC & STICKING. REMOVED & REPLACED LT FLAP POSN XMTR (T427) REF AMM 27-58-01 & ADJUSTED/TESTED REF AMM 27-58-01-820-801. ALSO, REPLACED FLAP POSN INDICATOR AS PRECAUTIONARY REF AMM 27-58-02, OPS CK NML. ACCOMPLISHED ALTERNATE DEACTIVATION PROCEDURES REF ASA MAINTENANCE PROGRAM SEC 5-07-01 TABLE 3 ITEMS 1,3,4. REVERSED ALT DEACT PROCEDURES. REF L/P 11818301 FOR A/C APPROACH SURVEY, LLM STATUS REMAINS CAT3A AUTOLAND & HGS. ACCOMPLISHED GP45 FLAP SNSR LRU REPLACEMENT TEST, GP49 DFCS LAND VERIFY TEST REF AMM 22-11-00 AND HGS SYSTEM TEST REF SMM 34-36-00, OPS CK NML.