Service difficulty report · Motor · 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
Motor
Part number
4221T1003
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
28,670 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, 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) ON APPROACH, 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 INVESTIGATION WAS CARRIED OUT REVEALING THE STANDBY FLAP ELEC MOTOR TO HAVE FAILED PREVENTING THE FLIGHT CREW FROM EXTENDING THE TE FLAPS PASSED 5 UNITS IN ALTERNATE CONFIGURATION. THE ALTERNATE FLAP ELEC MOTOR WAS SUCCESSFULLY REPLACED IAW AMM 27-51-53 & TESTED UNDER AMM 27-51-00-860-80. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. PLEASE NOTE THIS SDR IS TARGETING FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATE FLAP ELEC MOTOR. FOLLOW UP TO BE ADDED WHEN TEAR DOWN INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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