Service difficulty report · Flap System · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
July 31, 2023
Submitted
August 4, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216WR
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
32488
Aircraft time
56,510 hours, 33,790 cycles
Part
Flap System
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Locked
Location
Zn 500 Left Wing
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FLAP ASYMMETRY DISCOVERED DURING CRUISE BY SPLIT NEEDLES ON FLAP GAUGE. RT FLAP SHOWED FULL UP; LT FLAP WAS BETWEEN UP AND 1. VERIFIED ASYMMETRY BY CONFIGURING EARLY ON ARRIVAL. FLAPS DID NOT MOVE. PERFORMED A TRAILING FLAPS UP LANDING. VREF/VTARGET WAS 170/175. AUTOBRAKES 3 SELECTED. LANDING WAS SMOOTH & DIDNT FEEL AUTOBRAKING UNTIL 150 KTS. RAN BRAKE COOLING FOR 160 KTS AND PARKED AT GATE FOR COOLING. AFTER LANDING NOTICED FLAP GAUGE READING BOTH FLAPS FULL UP LIKE NORMAL. ALSO NOTED HYD SYS B WAS AT 73% RF.<

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