Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
August 15, 2018
Submitted
August 22, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N385AM
Make and model
Boeing 767323
Aircraft serial
27059
Aircraft time
98,358 hours, 15,782 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Damaged
Location
Slat System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL 350, AN L/E SLAT ASSEMBLY EICAS MESSAGE WAS INTERMITTENT, FLAP INDICATION NEEDLE ERRATIC, LEADING EDGE WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENT, CLICKING NOISE IN THE OVERHEAD CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, FLIGHT DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. FOUND PUSHED BACK PIN 18 ON CONNECTOR D4378P. REPLACED THE CONNECTOR IAW AMM 27-58-00.