Service difficulty report · Electronic Unit · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 6, 2007
Submitted
November 12, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N262SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145168
Aircraft time
12,713 hours, 9,721 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
11,051 hours, 9,704 cycles
Part
Electronic Unit
Part number
3631001005
Part serial
1231A
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
18,146 hours, 12,082 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

PHL TO CLE - UPON STARTING APPROACH INTO CLE, THE FLAP HANDLE WAS MOVED TO 9 DEGREE POSITION AND A FLAP FAIL EICAS MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THE FLAPS HAD FAILED AT THE 0 DEGREE POSITION. THE APPLICABLE QRH PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO LAND AT CLE. ON LANDING ONLY ONE THRUST REVERSER DEPLOYED AND THE EICAS MESSAGE "ENG 2 REV DISAGREE" WAS DISPLAYED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE UNEVENTFULLY. MAINTENANCE INTERROGATED THE CMC FOR FAULT MESSAGES AND FOUND NO CMC MESSAGES RELATING TO THE FLAP SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE THEN REPLACED THE LEFT HAND FLAP VELOCITY SENSOR, THE FLAP ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT, AND PLACED THE THRUST REVERSER ON MEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TEST FLOWN WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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