Service difficulty report · Flap System · Boeing 737800*

Difficulty date
March 3, 2010
Submitted
June 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N18609
Make and model
Boeing 737800*
Aircraft serial
28407
Part
Flap System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Le 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

(B-18609) AIR TURN BACK DUE TO "L/E FLAPS TRANSIT" LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT FL 110, THE FOLLOWING TASKS WERE PERFORMED: A) FSEU BITE TEST NO FAULT WAS FOUND. QAR READING RESULT SHOWN "T/E FLAP IND" ERROR (HANDLE: UP VS. QAR READ OUT DATA: 14.9 DEGREES) CAUSED "L/E FLAP TRANSIT" LT ILLUMINATED. FLAP SKEW SENSOR & FLAP POSITION INDICATION CHECK WITH FLAPS FUNCTIONAL OPS TEST WAS PERFORMED AND FOUND NORMAL. MEL 27-4 ITEM TRANSFERRED TO TLB D/D, ACFT DISPATCHED. DURING ACFT RETURN, RECEIVED TELEX FROM CREW: AC OPERATION NORMAL. THE FOLLOWING TASKS WERE PERFORMED: REPLACED FSEU, FLAP POSITION INDICATION, SMYD 1 & 2 AND WIRING CHECK BETWEEN SMYD TO FSEU CONDITION NORMAL. PERFORM T/E FLAP ASYMMETRY AND SKEW SYS TEST AND T/E FLAP SYS FUNCTION TEST ARE SATISFIED.

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