Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 7377CT

Difficulty date
February 25, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 7377CT
Aircraft time
28,097 hours
Engine
Ge CFM567B24
Part
Transmitter
Part number
18173810
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Te Flap Sys
Part time
28,670 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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

(CAN) AN ACFT ON APPROACH EXPERIENCED A FLAP ASYMMETRY CONDITION CAUSING THE TE FLAPS TO LOCK & NOT EXTEND PASSED 5 UNITS. DUE TO THE INITIAL FLAP SELECTION LOCKING THE LE IN THE MID-EXTEND POSITION & WEATHER CONDITIONS, ELECTED TO DIVERT WHERE INCREASED FUEL BURN WOULD NOT BE A CONCERN. ON APPROACH INTO THE FLIGHT CREW SWITCHED THE FLAP SYS INTO ALTERNATE MODE & NOTED THE LE SLATS DEPLOYED TO FULL EXTEND POSITION BUT TE FLAPS WOULD STILL NOT DEPLOY PASSED 5 UNITS. THE ACFT MADE A SAFE LANDING UNDER THIS CONFIGURATION. CARRIED OUT AN FSEU BITE CHECK & DISCOVERED THE RT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER TO BE AT FAULT CAUSING THE INITIAL FLAP ASYMMETRY. THE RT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER WAS SUCCESSFULLY REPLACED IAW AMM 27-58-01. FURTHER MX INVESTIGATION WAS CARRIED OUT REVEALING THE STANDBY FLAP ELECTRIC MOTOR TO HAVE FAILED PREVENTING THE FLIGHT CREW FROM EXTENDING THE TE FLAPS PASSED 5 UNITS IN ALTERNATE CONFIGURATION. THE ALTERNATE FLAP ELECTRIC MOTOR WAS SUCCESSFULLY REPLACED IAW AMM 27-51-53 & TESTED UNDER AMM 27-51-00-860-802. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. PLEASE NOTE THIS SDR IS TARGETING FAILURE OF THE RT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER, FOLLOW UP TO BE ADDED WHEN TEAR DOWN INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. A SECOND SDR WILL BE SUBMITTED TARGETING FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATE FLAP ELECTRIC MOTOR.

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