Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
May 14, 2016
Submitted
July 26, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35306
Aircraft time
12,315 hours, 1,798 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
CA72711003
Part serial
00963
Condition
Failed
Location
Spoilers
Part time
12,315 hours, 1,798 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DUE TO AFTER START ENGINES AND DURING FLAPS EXTENSION, THE FLAPS NOT DOWN TO THE FLAP LEVER POSITION SET 5 ONLY DOWN TO 1. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED THE FIM DMC-B787-A-27-50-F1-51A-421A-A AND DMC-B787-A-27-50-F1-50-F8A-421A-A PROCEDURES, DETECTING MESSAGES IN STATUS OF FLAP GROUND INHIBIT AND ELEC SPOILER SYS AND SHOWING FAILURE CODES 27-22181 AND 27-23-003. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE FLAP SKEW IAW DMC-B787-A-27-51-00-11A-320B-4 AND THE EMCU SPOILER NUMBER 4 WAS REPLACED IAW DMC-B787-A-27-61-18-00A-520A-A AND DMC-B787-A-27-61-18-00A-720A-A, TESTED CORRECT.

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