Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737322

Difficulty date
April 23, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N375UA
Make and model
Boeing 737322
Aircraft serial
24640
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Wire
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Le Slat
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NUMBER TWO LEADING EDGE SLAT INTRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON OVERHEAD AND INTRANSIT ON FORWARD PANEL. *S/D* THE NR 2 SLAT LOCK SWITCH AND ASSOCIATED WIRING WERE CHECKED FOR AN INTERMITTENT OPEN. BOTH THE SWITCH AND THE WIRE CHECKED GOOD. THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED ON APRIL 16,1998. ALL THE OTHER WIRES AND SLAT LOCK SWITCHES WERE CHECKED FOR INTERMITTENT OPENS. AN INTERMITTENT OPEN WAS FOUND AT THE CONDUIT ON THE NR 1 SLAT LOCK SWITCH WIRING. THE WIRE WILL BE REPLACED.