Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Boeing 7272D4

Difficulty date
August 17, 2011
Submitted
August 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287FE
Make and model
Boeing 7272D4
Aircraft serial
21849
Aircraft time
41,482 hours, 28,796 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, 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 CLIMBOUT THRU 20K NOTICED OCCASIONAL VIBRATION IN THE CONTROL COLUMN SPOILERS WERE SLIGHTLY DEPLOYED. NUMEROUS RESETS WITH THE SPOILER HANDLE. SLIGHTLY DEPLOYING SPOILERS DID NOT HELP. ON BLOCK IN DISCOVERED LT INBD FLAP OUTER CABLE BROKEN, ALONG WITH AFT FLAP PANEL DAMAGED BY AFT FLAP NOT EXTENDING ALL THE WAY ON THE OTBD SIDE. INBOARD T/E FLAP EXTENDED NORMALLY. R & R LT INBD FLAP OTBD FLAP ACTUATOR CABLES IAW AMM 27-51-005-4, ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. ASSOCIATED INSP PANELS, FLAP TRACK FAIRING AND SKIN RESECURED IAW SMP. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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