Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
October 17, 2010
Submitted
October 20, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N432US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24554
Part
Transmitter
Part number
1817389
Part serial
0621
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Te Flap
Part time
51,224 hours, 34,941 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

BUF - ON APPROACH TO BUF, A SPLIT FLAP INDICATION AND THE CREW ABORTED THE APPROACH. CREW REPORTED WHEN EXTENDING FLAPS FROM 15 TO 25, FLAP GAUGE SHOWED SPLIT FLAPS AND THEY STOPPED MOVING. AFTER CONDUCTING PROCEDURE, FLAP HANDLE WAS MOVED BACK TO POSITION THAT WAS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE SMALLEST FLAP SETTING. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, FLAP GAUGE SHOWED BOTH FLAPS AT 15 WITH HANDLE AT 15. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF TRAILING EDGE FLAP SYSTEM PER MM 27-51-00-715-001. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. EXTENDED FLAPS AND PERFORMED A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF FLAPS, FLAP DRIVES AND FLAP ATTACH POINTS. FOUND NO SIGNS OF VISIBLE WEAR. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTERS PER MM 27-58-12 FOR TROUBLESHOOTING PURPOSES. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL AT THIS TIME. ALSO PERFORMED FLAP ASYMMETRY TEST PER MM 27-51-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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