B737-400 captain reports receiving an aircraft that has been written up by the previous crew for rol...

Narrative:

Aircraft had been written up by inbound flight crew for roll when flaps lowered from 15 to 30. Maintenance inspected the flaps; flap tracks; and spoilers and said they found no problems. Maintenance signed off the write-up. After a discussion with dispatch; maintenance control; and the assistant chief pilot I decided to take the flight. On approach with flaps 30 I noticed the first officer had made a right aileron correction to maintain wings level. I asked him if he was ok with this; and he said yes; so we continued the approach to an uneventful landing. Upon gate arrival; maintenance was notified and a logbook write-up was made. I understand there was a flap spindle problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-400 Captain reports receiving an aircraft that has been written up by the previous crew for rolling during approach when the flaps are extended from 15 to 30 degrees. Maintenance can find no faults and the aircraft is dispatched; only to have the problem occur again on the next landing.

Narrative: Aircraft had been written up by inbound flight crew for roll when flaps lowered from 15 to 30. Maintenance inspected the flaps; flap tracks; and spoilers and said they found no problems. Maintenance signed off the write-up. After a discussion with Dispatch; Maintenance Control; and the Assistant Chief Pilot I decided to take the flight. On approach with flaps 30 I noticed the First Officer had made a right aileron correction to maintain wings level. I asked him if he was OK with this; and he said yes; so we continued the approach to an uneventful landing. Upon gate arrival; Maintenance was notified and a logbook write-up was made. I understand there was a flap spindle problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	999352
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Component
Aircraft Component	Trailing Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

B737-400 captain reports receiving an aircraft that has been written up by the previous crew for rolling during approach when the flaps are extended from 15 to 30 degrees. Maintenance can find no faults and the aircraft is dispatched; only to have the problem occur again on the next landing.