Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
February 8, 2007
Submitted
February 8, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N456UW
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
25020
Part
Indicator
Part number
2061141
Part serial
1197
Condition
Faulty
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
45,020 hours, 31,362 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

BDL FLT 1067 - AFTER TAKEOFF AND FLAP SELECTION TO 1, CREW REPORTED A FLAP ASYMMETRY LOCKOUT. POINTERS ON FLAP POSITION INDICATOR WERE LEFT AT 2 AND RIGHT AT 5. AIRCRAFT CIRCLED BDL TO BURN OFF FUEL TO AVOID AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT BDL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ON ARRIVAL, MAINTENANCE VISUALLY CHECKED FLAPS AND FOUND FLAPS SYMMETRICALLY DEPLOYED. NOTED TRAILING EDGE FLAP INDICATION CIRCUIT BREAKER IN OPEN POSITION AND INDICATIONS FROM POINTERS AS REPORTED BY FLIGHT CREW. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND INDICATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. OPS CHECK OF FLAPS AND INDICATION NORMAL. NO DEFECTS NOTED. TESTED FLAP ASYMMETRY PROTECTION PER MM 27-51-00-71

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