Service difficulty report · Fairing · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
January 25, 2006
Submitted
January 30, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
24711
Aircraft time
49,879 hours, 33,523 cycles
Part
Fairing
Condition
Loose
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT AT HIGHER ALTITUDE, FL 360-300, WHEN POWER BROUGHT UP FROM IDLE 3 RAPID POPPING SOUND HEARD, OCCURRED 3 TIMES. POPPING SOUND NOT HEARD BELOW FL 240. AT IDLE FUEL FLOW WOULD DROP TO ZERO ON THE NR 2 ENGINE. DURING APPROACH CREW REPORTED FLAP SPLIT AT 5 AND 7, AND FLAPS WOULD NOT GO TO LANDING POSITION OF 10. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN LAS WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MX BOROSCOPED AND RAN NR 2 ENGINE. NO DAMAGE TO NR 2 ENGINE NOTED, FUEL PROBLEM DID NOT DUPLICATE. MX FOUND NR 7 FLAP TRACK FAIRING "A" FRAME MISSING HARDWARE WHICH ALLOWING CANOE TO BEAT AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF FLAP. R & R THE NR 7 FLAP TRACK CARRIAGE "A" FRAME IAW BOEING 737-300 MM 27-51-52. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD.

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