Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
February 20, 2005
Submitted
March 24, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653FE
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
736
Aircraft time
16,386 hours, 8,374 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Spoilers
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN SPEED BRAKES WERE DEPLOYED, ALL SPOILERS DEPLOYED EXCEPT NR 6 AND NR 7 ON THE RIGHT WING THIS CAUSED A WING ROCK THAT IN TURNED CAUSED THE PLANE TO START A 10 DEGREE BANK. FOUND LT NR 5 SPOILER ONLY ATTACHED AT ACT CONNECTION. REPLACED SPOILER PANEL, DAMAGE TO WING AT NR 5 SPOILER PERFORMED A THOROUGH VISUAL INSPECTION OF REAR SPA DEFERRED UNTIL COMPLIANCE WITH E.A. 6-5730-87052 ON LT NR 5 SPOILER, AND EA 6-5750-87053 ON RT NR 5 SPOILER. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO WING SKIN INBD/OTBD OF NR 5 LT IAW