Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
September 10, 2000
Submitted
November 8, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N413US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23882
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Transmitter
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 1620 - ON FINAL APPROACH, AT FL030, A FLAP ASYMMETRY OCCURRED. AS CREW EXTENDED FLAPS FROM 5 TO 10 DEGREES, RIGHT FLAP NEEDLE WENT OT 10 DEGREES AND LEFT FLAP NEEDLE REMAINED AT 5 DEGREES. CREW TRIED TO BRING FLAPS UP BUT THEY WOULD NOT RETRACT. CREW EXECUTED A GO-AROUND, ACCOMPLISHED QUICK REF HANDBOOK PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED BROKEN WIRES AT PINS 1 AND 2 OF THE RIGHT WING FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. (M)