Service difficulty report · Flap · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
September 18, 2001
Submitted
September 21, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509DC
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23636
Aircraft time
54,135 hours, 29,942 cycles
Part
Flap
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Wing
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SFO - FLAP LOCKOUT - FLT 815 - C - ON APPROACH TO SFO FLAPS 5 WAS SELECTED AND THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR NEEDLES SPLIT AT FLAPS 1 AND THE FLAPS STOPPED AT FLAPS 1. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT FLAPS 1 AND UPON TOUCHDOWN THE FLAPS MOVED TO FLAPS 5 AS WAS SELECTED. IN SFO MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE TRAILING EDGE FLAP ASYMMETRY PER AWA TASK CARD F1B27016. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND, THE FLAPS WERE CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO FAULTS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND NO DISCREPANCIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE.

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