SDR USAA2011112800003

Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date: November 25, 2011
Submitted: November 28, 2011
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N444US
Make and model: Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial: 24862
Aircraft time: 56,586 hours, 38,800 cycles
System (JASC): 2751 · Trailing Flap Position Indicating System
Part: Indicator
Part number: 2061141
Part serial: 830
Condition: Faulty
Location: Cockpit
Part time: 11,058 hours, 6,879 cycles
Stage of operation: DE
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND TO 40 DEG IN FLIGHT. FLAP INDICATOR SLIGHTLY SPLITS AT 30 DEGREES INDEX. AFTER LANDING, FLAP INDICATOR NEEDLES MATCH UP, AT GATE FLAPS OPERATE NORMALLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP POSITION INDICATOR PER AMM 27-58-41, OPS CHECK OF FLAPS NORMAL AT THIS TIME.

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