Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
April 26, 2016
Submitted
April 27, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N958JB
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6859
Aircraft time
1,694 hours, 528 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Missing
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

EMERGENCY DECLARED. ON APPROACH TO LAND AT JFK AT 2000 FT, WHILE THE FLAPS WERE IN TRANSIT AFTER SELECTION OF FLAPS 2, F/CTL FLAPS LOCKED, DUE TO ALIGNMENT FAULT MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND PLANE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. FLAP SEAL WAS FOUND MISSING. REF MDDR 280751 IAW TSM 27-51-00 INSP FLAP TRACK, ACTUATOR TORQUE LIMITERS MM 27-54-49. INSP AND COMPLIED WITH ADJUSTMENT, TEST OF INTERCONNECTING STRUT AND PROXIMITY SENSOR MM 27-51-44. FLAPS OPS CHECK NORMAL.

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