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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · EMB ERJ170100SU · Omaha, NE · December 11, 2008

Date: December 11, 2008 · 16:09 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Approach
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: R61A
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N873RW
Reported as: EMB ERJ170100SU
Reported engine: GE CF348E5
People aboard: 76
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N873RW, ERJ-170-100 su, was operated by republic airlines as midwest connect flight 2151. The flight was inbound to Omaha, NE, from milwaukee, WI, when the crew declared an emergency due to a slat fail message. The aircraft landed safely. Contract maintenance inspected the right wing slat position sender, gear unit, and associated harness. The mechanic cleared the slat faults and inhibits and ran the slats through each position, no discrepancies were found. The aircraft was powered down for 20 minutes. The aircraft was powered up and there were no new maintenance messages. The slats/flaps were cycled four times, without error. No cause was found for the false indication. The aircraft was approved for returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

N873RW, ERJ-170-100 SU, WAS OPERATED BY REPUBLIC AIRLINES AS MIDWEST CONNECT FLIGHT 2151. THE FLIGHT WAS INBOUND TO OMAHA, NE, FROM MILWAUKEE, WI, WHEN THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A SLAT FAIL MESSAGE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE RIGHT WING SLAT POSITION SENDER, GEAR UNIT, AND ASSOCIATED HARNESS. THE MECHANIC CLEARED THE SLAT FAULTS AND INHIBITS AND RAN THE SLATS THROUGH EACH POSITION, NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED DOWN FOR 20 MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED UP AND THERE WERE NO NEW MAINTENANCE MESSAGES. THE SLATS/FLAPS WERE CYCLED FOUR TIMES, WITHOUT ERROR. NO CAUSE WAS FOUND FOR THE FALSE INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURNED TO SERVICE.