Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
July 2, 2026
Submitted
July 6, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N37290
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
31601
Aircraft time
67,463 hours, 25,234 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
878802
Condition
Faulted
Location
Slat Sys
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

LE FLAPS TRANSIT NO.4 LE DEVICE IN TRANSIT. PERFORMED FSEU BITE. GOT MESSAGE FOR MOST RECENT FLIGHT F4 PROX RETRACT MM 27-81222. REF FIM 27-88 TASK 805, CHECKED CURRENT STATUS OF F4 RETR PROX SWITCH SHOWED NEAR. HISTORY OF THIS MESSAGE ON MULTIPLE FLIGHT LEGS. SEE LOGPAGES 9014722, 9039056. FSEU AND F4 RETRACT SENSOR HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPLACED. FOLLOWING FIM 27-88 TASK 805 FLAP RETRACT PROXIMITY SENSOR DISAGREE PROBLEM - FAULT, STATE OF THE PROXIMITY SENSORS WAS NOT MARGINAL ALL SHOWING NEAR OR FAR STATE RAN THROUGH FULL RANGE OF EXTENTION AND RETRACKION OF SLATS AND FLAPS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE AMM 27-88-11-700-801 LEADING EDGE FLAP AND SLAT PROXIMITY SENSOR TEST FOLLOWING FIM 27-88 TASK 805 FLAP RETRACT PROXIMITY SENSOR DISAGREE PROBLEM - FAULT, REPLACED LE FLAP RETRACT SENSOR FOR SLAT #4 AMM 27-88-11, AMM 27-88-11-700-801 LEADING EDGE FLAP AND SLAT PROXIMITY SENSOR TEST PASSED, OK FOR SERVICE.