Service difficulty report · Carriage · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
July 29, 2011
Submitted
August 1, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N715AA
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
22470
Aircraft time
65,307 hours, 34,924 cycles
Part
Carriage
Part number
651920220
Part serial
655KF
Condition
Broken
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OPERATION, THE OTBD FLAPS FROZE AT 3 DEGREES ON CLIMBOUT, 9 UNITS OF AILERON TRIM WAS REQUIRED FOR LEVEL FLIGHT. THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSP WAS PERFORMED NOTING THAT BOTH RT OTBD FORE FLAP SEQUENCING HAVE NUMEROUS BROKEN BOLTS. R & R BOTH SEQUENCING CARRIAGES AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.