Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
December 27, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N438US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24560
Part
Indicator
Part number
2061141
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
32,750 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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

PHL - FLT 1424 - FLIGHT WAS ON APPROACH TO PHL AND AS THE CAPTAIN EXTENDED THE FLAPS/SLATS, THE SLATS OPERATED NORMALLY BUT THE FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND. CAPTAIN PUT THE FIGHT IN A HOLD PATTERN AND WENT THROUGH PROCEDURES. FLAPS STILL WOULD NOT EXTEND. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ADVISED PASSENGERS THE LANDING WOULD BE A LITTLE FASTER THAN NORMAL. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TRAILING EDGE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M)

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