Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Amd FALCON7X

Difficulty date
January 19, 2021
Submitted
January 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N993XZ
Make and model
Amd FALCON7X
Aircraft serial
216
Aircraft time
1,882 hours, 846 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
TY280005
Part serial
0108
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Slat/Flaps
Part time
1,882 hours, 846 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING APPROACH CREW SELECTED SLATS AND FLAPS FIRST POSITION SF1, FOLLOWED BY FLAP FAIL AND FLAP ASYMMETRY MESSAGE. CHECKLIST FOLLOWED, EMERGENCY DECLARED, AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING PERFORMED. MAINTENANCE EVALUATION COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, FLAPS INSPECTION AND OPERATION OF FLAPS AND SLATS WERE NORMAL. FLAP POSITIONS SENSORS CHECKED, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. FAULT CODES REVIEWED WHICH INDICATED PROBABLE CAUSE SLAT FLAP AIRBRAKE UNIT (SFAU). SFAU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, P/N OFF TY2800-05 S/N OFF 0108, OPERATIONS AND FUNCTION TESTS GOOD. SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT PERFORMED WITH NO ISSUES.