Service difficulty report · Motor · Boeing 7372B7

Difficulty date
September 17, 2000
Submitted
November 17, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N275AU
Make and model
Boeing 7372B7
Aircraft serial
22887
Part
Motor
Part number
793T1007
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
40,020 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

ORD - FLT 2658 - EN ROUTE FROM BWI TO MDW, FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A FLAP PROBLEM. WHILE CONFIGURING AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING, FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND BEYOND 15 DEGREES. HYDRAULIC PRESURE WAS NORMAL. CREW EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AND THE FLAPS RETRACTED NORMALLY. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RECONFIGURE FLAPS, FLAPS AGAIN STOPPED AT 15 DEGREES. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ORD FOR USE OF LONGER RUNWAY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX FOUND THE ALTERNATE FLAP DRIVE MOTOR PER MM 27-51-241. OPS CHECK NORMAL. AS PRECAUTIONARY, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR (P/N 2062-14-1) PER MM 27-58-41. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. INSPECTED FLAP SYSTEM PER MM 27-51-0 AND ACCOMPLISHED FLAP LU

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