Service difficulty report · Tq Shaft Door · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
January 12, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AU
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23704
Part
Tq Shaft Door
Part number
6570945295
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Te Flap
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

PHL - FLT 931 - UPON ACCOMPLISHING CHECKLIST TO LAND AT PHL, CREW SET FLAPS AT 30 DEGREES AND NOTICED THE FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND PAST 8 DEGREES. A GO-AROUND WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT WHICH TIME THE ALTERNATE FLAP EXTENSION WAS PUT INTO PLACE WITH NO HELP. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH 8 DEGREE FLAPS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT WING INBOARD FLAP, MID-FLAP TORQUE SHAFT CLEARANCE DOOR BROKEN AND JAMMING UP FLAP EXTENSION. REMOVED TORQUE SHAFT CLEARANCE DOOR AND RELEASED UNDER CDL 57-53-1. NEW DOOR HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR INSTALLATION. (X)

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