Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
January 28, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23740
Part
Indicator
Part number
10619264
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
39,037 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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

GSO - FLT 1462 - ON APPROACH INTO GSO, A FLAP ASYMMETRY OCCURRED. SPLIT FLAPS OF 1 DEGREE LEFT AND 25 DEGREES RIGHT WAS INDICATED. FLAP HANDLE WAS LOCKED OUT ALSO. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF LEADING EDGE DEVICES ON OVERHEAD OR FORWARD PANEL. FIRST OFFICERS CONFIRMED THAT LEADING EDGE FLAPS WERE DOWN. CREW ACCOMPLISHED QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED FLAPS. FLAPS WERE FOUND TO BE OK. FOUND FLAP POSITION INDICATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP POSITION INDICATOR. RAN FLAPS SEVERAL TIMES. SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)