Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
April 23, 2012
Submitted
May 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N127UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28813
Aircraft time
50,845 hours, 6,003 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Erratic
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

FLAPS DRIVE EICAS, RTFL. FOUND LEFT OUTBOARD FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER GIVING ERRATIC READINGS. REPLACED LEFT O/B FLAP RVDT TRANSMITTER REF MM27-58-01-401. OPS NORMAL, NO CMC OR STATUS MESSAGES THRU OUT FULL FLAP MOVEMENT. ALL POSITION RVDT'S READINGS WITHIN TOLERANCE REF MM27-51-00 PG 3 TABLE 1.