Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
December 17, 2012
Submitted
December 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24781
Aircraft time
59,093 hours, 40,663 cycles
Part
Indicator
Part number
2061141
Part serial
1259
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Part time
67,302 hours, 49,054 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, CREW REPORTED NO FLAP EXTENSION USING NORMAL EXTENSION. ALTERNATE FLAP EXTENSION WAS USED. AS A PRECAUTION, CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAULT. NO ASYMMETRY LIGHT ON. INSPECTED FLAP SYSTEM. WHILE MOVING FLAPS APPROXIMATE MID RANGE, RIGHT NEEDLE WAS LAGGING BEHIND APPROXIMATELY ONE NEEDLES WIDTH. INDICATOR WAS AT FAULT. REPLACED INDICATOR. OPS CHECKED GOOD REF M/M 27-58-41. ALSO, FOUND RIGHT TRAILING EDGE FLAP TRANSMITTER RECEPTACLE SOAKED WITH WATER. SEALING O-RING WAS MISSING AND PINS WERE CORRODED AND WOULD NOT CLEAN UP PROPERLY. REPLACED RIGHT TRAILING EDGE FLAP TRANSMITTER. TESTED GOOD REF M/M 27-58-12. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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