Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
February 2, 2005
Submitted
February 3, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N173AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23632
Aircraft time
63,786 hours, 39,465 cycles
Part
Indicator
Part number
2061141
Part serial
835
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
16,462 hours, 10,126 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH, WHILE CONFIGURING FOR LANDING, FLAPS BECAME SPLIT WITH LT FLAP AT 11 DEGREES & RT FLAP AT 15 DEGREES, A SLIGHT ROLL NOTED ON CONTROLS. LE SLATS ALL NORMAL WITH GREEN LIGHTS, DECLARED EMERGENCY & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MX PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF FLAPS & CHKD FOR SECURITY. WHILE RUNNING FLAPS UP & DOWN, OBSERVED A NEEDLE SPLIT ON INDICATOR AT 30 & 40 UNITS FOR A FEW SECONDS. R & R FLAP POSITION INDICATOR IAW T/C R1B27001, OPS CHECK GOOD. CONFIRMED REASON FOR REMOVAL FINDING COMPARATOR TEST & POINTER WERE OUT OF TOLERANCE. ADJUSTED COMPARATOR SWITCH, SHIMMED SYCHRO, CLEANED UNIT, CALIBRATED, & REACCOMPLISHED FUNCTIONAL TEST IAW CMM 27-50-03.

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