Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
April 22, 2010
Submitted
April 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N432US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24554
Part
Indicator
Part number
2061141
Part serial
1704
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Part time
57,194 hours, 39,527 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

IAD - ON FINAL APPROACH TO DCA, CREW REPORTED A FLAP ASYMMETRY. LEFT FLAP WAS AT 16 DEGREES AND THE RIGHT FLAP WAS AT 12 DEGREES. APPROACH WAS ABORTED AND DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT IAD. FLAPS WERE STUCK IN SAME POSITION UNTIL HALF WAY TO IAD AND THEN RETRACTED TO 5 DEGREES. CREW LEFT THE FLAPS THERE AT 5 DEGREES AND LANDED AT IAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FLAPS RETRACTED NORMAL ON TAXI-IN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND THE TRAILING EDGE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR AT FAULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP TRAILING FLAP POSITION INDICATOR PER MM 27-58-41-00-/27-58-41-404-004. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

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