Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 27, 2018
Submitted
April 30, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N413AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
35205
Aircraft time
20,498 hours, 6,694 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
90004213
Part serial
18847
Condition
Faulted
Location
Flap Skew
Part time
20,498 hours, 6,694 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING FLAP RETRACTION, FLAPS REMAINED AT 1 DEGREE WHEN SELECTED UP. DURING EXTENSION WITH ALTERNATE FLAPS, FLAPS BEGAN TO SHOW ASSYMETRY AT 5 DEGREES. ACFT GROUNDED. AIR TURNBACK, ACCOMPLISHED FSEU BITE PROCEEDURES IAW FIM 27-51 TASK 801. FOUND FAULT 27-53416 FOR SKEW SENSOR NR 8 FAILED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SKEW SENSOR IAW AMM 27-59-01. OPS CHECKED THE FLAP SYS AND PERFORMED AMM 27-59-00. TEST PASSED AND OPS NORMAL. FAULT CLEARED FROM FSEU.