Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
May 14, 2006
Submitted
May 16, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N171DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
24759
Aircraft time
75,660 hours, 11,584 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Loose
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON TAXI RECEIVED MSG TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREE AND T/E FLAPS WOULD NOT MOVE. MX FOUND SENSOR M548 FAULTED ON FSEU FLT CANCELED. FLAP BYPASS VALVE NOT MOVING FROM BY PASS POSITION. ELEC CONNECTOR FOUND LOOSE AND CONTAMINATED, SAME CLEANED AND REFITTED SUBSEQUENT 6 X FULL FLAP CYCLES ACTIONED WITHOUT FAULT. ORIGINAL FSEU REFITTED, FLAPS TESTED AGAIN WITHOUT FAULT. BYPASS VALVE OPS CHECKED OK VIA ALT T/E SWITCHES FLAPS OPERATE AND INDICATE NORMALLY.