Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 29, 2003
Submitted
January 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
500
Aircraft time
31,702 hours, 11,199 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Actuator
Part number
830A000002
Part serial
8385
Condition
Out Of Limits
Location
Slats
Part time
31,702 hours, 11,199 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SLATS FAILED TO DEPLOY, S-CTRL FAULT ILLUMINATED. THE TORQUE LIMITER OF THE LT NR 2 SLAT OUTBOARD ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TRIPPED. THE SLAT STOP TO FWD ROLLER DIMENSION WAS ALSO FOUND OUT OF LIMIT. REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY SLAT ACTUATOR AND SUBSEQUENT ADJUSTMENT OF THE SLAT RIG WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT FURTHER ANOMALY.

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