Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
August 2, 2011
Submitted
August 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801EA
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
22432
Aircraft time
60,645 hours, 38,510 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Flap Transmitter
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, DURING CLIMB, ON RETRACTING THE FLAPS, A SPLIT FLAP INDICATION WAS NOTED, THE OTBD FLAPS WERE AT 2 DEGREES AND THE INBD WERE INDICATING 2 DEGREES. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSP WAS PERFORMED, NOTING THAT THE GROUND WIRE FOR THE INBD FLAP TRANSMITTER WAS BROKEN. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE AND PERFORM OPS CHECK, NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.