SDR GAIA00788

Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 727251

Difficulty date
December 14, 2000
Submitted
January 23, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N255US
Make and model
Boeing 727251
Aircraft serial
19974
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLT 2014 - SLC-BOI - ON LANDING, THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED THAT THE LEADING EDGE AMBER LIGHT STAYED ON. NR 4 KRUGER FLAP INDICATED NOT EXTENDED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT BOI. UPON INVESTIGATION A BROKEN GROUND WIRE WAS FOUND AT THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS OK THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)