Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 12, 2019
Submitted
April 15, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35182
Aircraft time
46,844 hours, 14,014 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
18173812
Part serial
0209
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
46,846 hours, 14,015 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON FINAL, FOUND FLAPS INDICATING 25 DEG WITH 40 DEG SELECTED, EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND FLAPS SHOWED AT 25 DEG INDICATED. RAN QRH FOR TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREE, LANDED FLAPS 25 DEG NORMALLY. AFTER SHUTDOWN, FLAP LEVER AT 25 DEG, FLAP INDICATOR ROSE TO 15 DEG WITH LE FLAPS TRANSMIT LIGHT AND DROPPED BACK TO 25 DEG 2 OR 3 TIMES. GROUNDED - YES. DIVERSION TIME 3 MINUTES - CYCLED FLAPS UP AND DOWN NUMEROUS TIMES, NOTICED R FLAP NEEDLE LAGGING & ERRATIC. REMOVED AND REPLACED FSEU & R/H FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER REF B737-800 AMM 27-51-01 & AMM 27-58-01, ADJUSTED SAME, OPS CK NML. ACCOMPLISHED LRU REPLACEMENT TEST REF B737-800 FIM 22-11 TASK 802 (GP 45), DFCS LAND VERIFY TEST (GP 49) & HGS SYSTEM TEST REF SMM 34-36-00, OPS CK NML.