Service difficulty report · Slat System · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
August 26, 2008
Submitted
September 4, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
456
Aircraft time
53,916 hours, 11,438 cycles
Part
Slat System
Part number
4907905
Part serial
692
Condition
Failed
Part time
9,665 hours, 5,874 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH WITH THE LDG GEAR DN AND FLAPS 20/20, F/O GOT UNRELIABLE AIRSPEED ON PFD FOLLOWED BY SLATS/FLAPS SYS 1 AND 2 FAULT LIGHTS ON O/H. DISCONTINUED AP AND FOLLOWED QRH. WHEN THE SLATS/FLAPS CYCLED PER QRH, THE LIGHT/FAULTS CLEARED CONFIGURED AGAIN THE SLATS STUCK AT 15 DEGREES. FOLLOWED QRH FOR SLATS STUCK LNDG. ON FINAL AP FLAP HANDLE AT 40 DEGREES THE SLATS BROKE FREE AND WENT TO 30 DEGREES SLATS WITH 40 DEG FLAPS. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND SLAT/FLAP RETRACTON THE GROUND WAS NORMAL. REMOVED AND REPLACED SFCC'S, OFF MFG 49-079-05 POS 1 SRL 144 OFF MFG 49-079-05 POS 2 SRL 692. GEK BAE SYSTEMS AVIONICS LTD.

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