# SDR YENA20160426352

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 26, 2016
- Submitted: April 27, 2016
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N958JB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N958JB), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-231
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 6859
- Aircraft time: 1,694 hours, 528 cycles
- System (JASC): [5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5753)
- Part: Seal
- Condition: Missing
- Location: Te Flap
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: B
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/YENA20160426352

## Discrepancy

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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