Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
June 24, 2005
Submitted
June 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N174AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23633
Aircraft time
62,679 hours, 38,670 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
50,837 hours, 35,158 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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 LANDING, FLAPS AT ZERO, HOT LANDING. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CREW REPORTED FLAP PROBLEM TO TOWER PRIOR TO LANDING. CREW REQUESTED PRIORITY LANDING DUE TO FLAP PROBLEM. UPON LANDING, CREW WROTE UP FLAP INDICATOR SHOWS SPILT FLAPS AT FLAPS UP POSITION. USED ALTERNATE FLAP SWITCH TO EXTEND LEADING EDGES. MX ORIGINALLY R & R FLAP INDICATOR ON 06/22/05. INDICATOR WAS NOT THE FIX, R & R IAW AMWEST PART TASK CARD ALONG WITH LT TRANSMITTER IAW AWA TASK CARD. OPS TESTS GOOD. TEAR DOWN REPORT OF THE TRANSMITTER SHOWS THAT THE CONNECTOR WAS DIRTY CAUSING THE UNIT TO BE INTERMITTENT. UNIT WAS CLEANED, EO COMPLIED WITH AND RE-TESTED IAW CMM 27-50-18 REV4. OPS TESTS GOOD.

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