Service difficulty report · Pdu · Boeing 747230B

Difficulty date
April 5, 2010
Submitted
April 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N487EV
Make and model
Boeing 747230B
Aircraft serial
23286
Part
Pdu
Part number
12674818
Part serial
98P344C
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Le Flap
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO 1, L/E FLAP GROUP FAILED TO RETRACT NORMALLY. GROUP 3 RETRACTED USING ALTERNATE LEADING EDGE FLAP OPERATION. WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO UP GROUP 2 FLAPS LEFT AND RIGHT REMAINED IN TRANSIT AND WOULD NOT INDICATE THAT FLAPS WERE RETRACTED DURING THE ALTERNATE LEADING EDGE FLAP OPERATION. DUMPED FUEL AND PERFORMED AIR TURNBACK. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 GROUP RT L/E PDU PER MM 27-81-03 SYSTEM OP'S CHECK NORM IN BOTH PNEU AND ELECT. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT L/E DRIVE UNIT SERVICED PDU REF 12-13-12 AND MM 27-81-03, 3R PDU CYCLED AND RIGGED OP'S CHECK OK.