Service difficulty report · Carriage · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
February 27, 2012
Submitted
March 2, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N430US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24552
Aircraft time
59,267 hours, 39,281 cycles
Part
Carriage
Part number
6546481105
Part serial
3292
Condition
Fractured
Location
Te Flap
Part time
21,354 hours, 12,997 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO 25 FOR LANDING (FLT 1700), FELT A POP AND AC ROLLED LEFT. FLAPS RETRACTED TO 15 AND SITUATION IMPROVED BUT LEFT ROLL PERSISTED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. LEFT FLAPS EXTENDED. MX INSPECTED FLAPS AT VARIOUS SETTINGS, RAN UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES. NO DEFECTS NOTED, AMM REFERENCE 05-51-41. ON THE VERY NEXT FLIGHT (FLT 1205), THE PROBLEM REPEATED. CREW REPORTED THAT AS AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED ON APPROACH FROM FLAPS 5 TO FLAPS 30, 4 TO 6 UNITS OF RIGHT AILERON CONTROL WAS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN WINGS LEVEL. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE LEFT INBOARD CARRIAGE ON OUTBOARD FLAP ASSEMBLY FRACTURED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT INBOARD CARRIAGE PER JOB CARD 03C30727034.

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