Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
January 26, 2026
Submitted
January 29, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N26210
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
28770
Aircraft time
82,558 hours, 30,746 cycles
Part
Indicator
Part number
2061151
Part serial
8500
Condition
Faulted
Location
Flap Sys
Part time
3,967 hours, 1,843 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LE FLAPS TRANSIT AMBER LIGHT. SPLIT AND DISAGREE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS. ALTERNATE FLAPS EXT USED FO REPORTS THAT ON APPROACH THEY SELECTED FLAPS 1 SETTING. BEFORE GETTING TO FLAP 1, THE INDICATION SHOWED A SPLIT BETWEEN 0 & 1 (ONE NEEDLE AT 1 THE OTHER BETWEEN 0 AND 1. SELECTED FLAPS BACK TO 0 AND THE FLAPS DIDNT MOVE. FO SAID THAT WHILE ON AUTOPILOT, YOKE WAS TURNING SLIGHTLY TO CORRECT FOR SPLIT CONDITION. IAW THERE FLT CHECKLIST, DEPLOYED ALT FLAPS WHICH EXTENDED DOWN LIKE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE APPROACH. STUCK IN TRANSIT ALSO INDICATED BEFORE DEPLOYED ALT FLAPS. DFD REPORT SHOWS THAT FLAPS LOCKED OUT PRIOR TO ISSUE WITH LEADING EDGES. REPORT SHOWS LEFT FLAP LAGGING. THERE IS HISTORY OF FLAP LOCKOUT/272 REPORT, BOTH TRANSMITTERS AND INDICATOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED. UPON INSPECTION OF FLAP TANSMISSION OVER TORQUE INDICATOS FOUND #4 TRANS INDICATOR POPPED AND WILL NOT RESET. FOUND NR 4 FLAP TRANSMISSION TORQUE INDICATOR TRIPPED, UNIT REPLACED, NR 8 TRANSMISSION TORQUE INDICATOR FOUND TRIPPED THAT ONE RESET & DID NOT POP AGAIN, RE BIT FSEU FOUND MESSAGE 27-5800 FLAP POSITION INDICATOR PROBLEM.