Service difficulty report · Handle · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 8, 2012
Submitted
August 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N534UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25129
Aircraft time
69,262 hours, 25,637 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Handle
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
AP
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

FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND PAST 25 DEGREES. CYCLED HANDLE BACK TO 20 DEGREES THEN MOVED BACK TO 25 WITH NO RESPONSE PAST 20 DEGREES. WENT TO ALTERNATE MODE SET FLAPS TO 20, FLAPS APPEARED TO MOVE A LITTLE. DID NOT TRY TO MOVE FLAPS PAST 20 DEGREES WHILE IN ALTERNATE MODE. FLAP HANDLE WAS LEFT IN 25 DEGREE AND RECEIVED A FLAP DISAGREE MESSAGE. INSPECTED FLAP DRIVE SYSTEM PER MM. RESET TRIPPED LOAD RELIEF INDICATOR AT NR 1 FLAP TRANSMISSION, LUBED TORQUE BRAKE. ALSO, CHECKED FLAP TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVELS PER MM. OPERATION OF FLAPS NORMAL THROUGH OUT RANGE.