Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
April 16, 2011
Submitted
April 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N264FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
21626
Aircraft time
52,466 hours, 32,335 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT, FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT PAST THE "2" POSITION. RAN THE QRH AND FOUND NR 8 SLAT WAS STILL OUT. IAW QRH, PLACED THE FLAPS AT "5" AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING, DETERMINED THAT NR 1 SLAT WAS SHOWING "GREEN" AND DOWN AT FLAPS "2" WITH A FRONT PANEL AMBER FLAPS INDICATION. NR 1 SLAT VERIFIED RETRACTED AND ALL SLATS IN THE CORRECT POSITIONS AT FLAPS "5", "2" AND "0". NR 1 SLAT INDICATION IS INCORRECT AT FLAPS "2" ONLY, INDICATES CORRECT AT "5" AND "0". INSTALLED SLAT ELECTRICAL JUMPERS, NO HELP. ACCESS PANEL FOR NR 1 SLAT EXTEND SWITCH REMOVED. IAW WDM 27-80-00, FOUND GROUND AT PIN 27 OF D1942 (M818 IND CONTROL MODULE) WITH SLAT RETRACTED, SHOULD BE AN OPEN. SUSPECT SHORTED WIRE. REPLACED DAMAGED WIRES W562003-20 AND W562003-20.