- Difficulty date
- December 23, 2013
- Submitted
- December 30, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49575
- Aircraft time
- 70,505 hours, 36,915 cycles
- Part
- Sensor
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Le Slat
- Stage of operation
- LD
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- N
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
STL CREW REPORTED SLAT DISAGREE LIGHT INTERMITTENT IN FLIGHT. "SLAT OVERSPEED" AUDIO WARNING CONTINUOUS ABOVE 280 KTS. FLIGHT LANDED STL WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED LT SLAT A SENSOR. SYSTEM GND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION CLOSED.