Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 74748EF

Difficulty date
December 10, 2012
Submitted
December 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419MC
Make and model
Boeing 74748EF
Aircraft serial
28367
Aircraft time
73,457 hours, 12,466 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Flap Transmitter
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPATURE EICAS MESSAGE "FLAPS DRIVE" APPEARED AND THE OTBD T/E FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT PAST 1 DEGREE OR EXTEND BEYOND 1 DEGREE. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MX FOUND THE LT OTBD FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER ELECTRIC CONNECTOR WAS CONTAMINATED WITH DEICING FLUID. THE CONNECTOR WAS CLEANED AND SYS OPERATED NORMALLY IAW THE AMM 27-51-00. POSITION INDICATION OPERATED NORMALLY IAW AMM 27-58-00. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER FLAP ISSUES.

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