Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737832

Difficulty date
May 4, 2004
Submitted
May 6, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3740C
Make and model
Boeing 737832
Aircraft serial
30800
Aircraft time
6,915 hours, 4,823 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
S256A40450
Condition
Defective
Location
T/E Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH INTO LA GUARDIA AT 1500 FEET FLAPS INITIALLY WERE SPLIT AT INDICATION 25. THE SPLIT IN THE NEEDLE THEN WENT AWAY BUT THE FLAPS WOULD MOVE NO FURTHER THAN 25 DEGREES. REPLACED FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER.