What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT WALKAROUND, FOUND TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT WING FLAP SPLIT OPEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT WING I/B TRAILING EDGE FLAP, OPS CK GOOD REF 727 MM 27-51-2. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- February 27, 2008
- Submitted
- February 27, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N781DH
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21996
- Aircraft time
- 60,897 hours, 34,344 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Delaminated
- Location
- Te Flap
- Part time
- 2,693 hours, 1,724 cycles
- Component
- Flap
- Component part number
- 6521634131
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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