Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737724

Difficulty date
May 29, 2014
Submitted
May 30, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N25705
Make and model
Boeing 737724
Aircraft serial
28766
Aircraft time
53,447 hours, 18,155 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
18173810
Part serial
0098
Condition
Faulty
Location
Te Flap
Part time
53,435 hours, 18,151 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DIVERT TO LAX. ON APPROACH TO SNA WHEN EXTENDING FLAPS TO 1 THE FLAP INDICATOR NEEDLE STOPPED JUST PRIOR TO 1 BAND & LE FLAPS TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RAN QRH & THEN DIRECTED TO A MANUAL FLAP EXTENSION, USED ALT FLAP EXTENSION TO EXTEND FLAPS TO 15 IAW QRH & NON-NORMAL LANDING DIST CHART, ALL INDICATIONS WERE NOW NORMAL. DID NOT OVER SPEED FLAPS & WAS NOT AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING. R & R THE LT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT, TESTED IAW MM 27-58-01-820-801, OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD, L & VERIFY BITE PERFORMED ACFT FULLY AUTO LAND CAPABILITY REMAINS IAW MM 22-11-00-201. ROTABLE PARTS CHANGE WAS INDICATED TT 1645692, SN OFF 00098 TRANSMITTER, FL OFF 29-2759-9-0001 0098 ON 29-2759-9-0001 0609.