Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 18, 2006
Submitted
December 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49535
Aircraft time
53,596 hours, 43,033 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
279001001
Part serial
2340
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH, FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND PAST 11 DEGREES. SLATS EXTENDED TO T/O POS, SOME BINDING WHEN TRYING TO EXTEND FLAPS BEYOND 11. MTC IN PROGRESS. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP CONTROL VALVE PER MM. COULD NOT ADJUST. RII OF INSTALL ONLY. FLAP ACT BYPASS TEST AND ADJ OF CONTROL VALVE, WILL NEED RI OF ADJUSTMENT. PERFORMED FLAP CONTROL VALVE ADJUSTMENT PER MM. BLED LARGE AMOUNT OF AIR FROM BOTH FLAP HYD SYSTEMS. PERFORMED ACTUATOR BYPASS TEST ALL NORMAL NTF.

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