Service difficulty report · Flap System · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
December 20, 2009
Submitted
January 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23739
Part
Flap System
Condition
False Indication
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
J

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

What was found

EMERGENCY LANDING- FLAP ASYMMETRY OCCURRED BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES WHEN FLAP 15 WAS SELECTED AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. CYCLED FLAPS THRU FULL RANGE SEVERAL TIMES NO FAULT NOTED OPS CHECKED GOOD. (K)