What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON CLIMB OUT LEADING EDGE SLATS FAILED TO RETRACT. CYCLED FLAPS AND UNABLETO RAISE. HELD TO BURN DOWN RUNWAY LANDING WEIGHT. RETURNED TO PHX. REMOVED AND REPLACED COMMAND SENSOR UNIT ON FLAP/SLAT HANDLE.
- Difficulty date
- October 2, 2020
- Submitted
- October 5, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N651AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 866
- Aircraft time
- 75,586 hours, 29,222 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2781 · Leading Edge Slat Position Indicating System
- Part
- Sensor
- Part number
- 780B000001
- Part serial
- 0780B00LI003760
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Location
- Slat System
- Part time
- 37,756 hours, 20,391 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.