Service difficulty report · Warning Horn · Boeing 7673S2F

Difficulty date
February 20, 2021
Submitted
February 21, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N164FE
Make and model
Boeing 7673S2F
Aircraft serial
43554
Aircraft time
4,480 hours, 2,096 cycles
Part
Warning Horn
Condition
False Activation
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CONFIGURATION WARNING HORN AFTER TAKEOFF AND ABOVE 230 KIAS. GEAR/FLAPS WERE UP. WARNING HORN WENT OUT / SILENCED DECELERATING THROUGH 230 KIAS. RETURNED TO MEMPHIS. THE JET SEEMS TO THINK THE FLAPS ARE @5 BUT IN ACTUALITY THE AIRPLANE IS CLEANED UP. REF TSI 31-31/1980, DFDR DOWNLOAD REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR AIR/GND SENSORS SHOWED AN "ON THE GND" STATE WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS AIRBORNE. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR WHEN THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AND WITH THE THROTTLES ADVANCED THE CONDITIONS WERE SATISFIED TO ACTIVATE THE "FLAPS" T/O CONFIG WARNING. SEE WRI 32-20/1979 FOR NOSE GEAR CORRECTIVE ACTION. PERFORMED TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION WARNING CARD MODULE TEST REF AMM 31-51-04-4. ALL TESTS PASSED.

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