Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737800*

Difficulty date
January 23, 2011
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737800*
Aircraft time
32,957 hours
Part
Wire
Part number
WIRE
Condition
Chafed
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
AP
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

(CAN) DURING APPROACH AND AFTER SELECTION OF FLAP 15 FOR LANDING, THE FLAP INDICATOR SHOWED ASSYMETRY AND THE FLAPS REMAINED AT FLAP SETTING 5. AN EMERGECNY LANDING OCCURED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PSEU LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER LANDING. MAINTENANCE WAS SENT TO THE LOCATION AND FOUND A SENSOR WIRE AT THE #6 SKEW SENSOR TO BE CHAFING ON A CLAMP. A REPAIR WAS CARRIED OUT AS PER THE SWPM AND THE SYSTEM TESTED SERVICEABLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC# 20110125022)

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