Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
November 17, 2013
Submitted
November 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N936UW
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27244
Aircraft time
63,340 hours, 24,975 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Lt Wing Te Flaps
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

EN-ROUTE, FLAPS LOCKED OUT AT 20 DEGREE DURING APPROACH, AND WOULD NOT EXTEND OR RETRACT. DID NOT USE ALTERNATE FLAP EXTENSION. THE FLIGHT DID A GO AROUND WHILE THE FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE COULD NOT BE RESOLVED, SO THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RESET THE APPROACH WITH FLAPS 20. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. BITE OF FSLU NR 1 SHOWS LT SLAT TRANSMITTER READING OF LT SLAT TRANSMITTER AT 11.49 WITH FLAPS FULL UP. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED LT SLAT TRANSMITTER.

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