SDR ABXA030106

Service difficulty report · Support · Doug DC941

Difficulty date
March 5, 2003
Submitted
March 11, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N952AX
Make and model
Doug DC941
Aircraft serial
47615
Aircraft time
50,179 hours, 43,385 cycles
Part
Support
Part number
3923932502
Condition
Broken
Location
Right Wing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SLAT DISAGREEMENT LIGHT ILLUMINATED UPON SLAT EXTENSION. FLIGHT CREW VERIFIED THROUGH FLIGHT CONTROLS THAT THERE WAS AN ASSYMETRY PROBLEM. FLIGHT CREW RETRACTED SLATS AND MADE A NO SLAT LANDING. FOUND AT ILN, NR 1 AND NR 2 SLAT PULLEY BRACKETS BROKEN AND 3 EACH LEADING EDGE RIBS (FORMERS) DAMAGED. THE RIGHT NR 1 SLAT INBOARD IDLER PULLEY SUPPORT UPPER INBOARD ATTACH BOLT LUG WAS BROKEN IN HALF, CORRODED WITHIN THE BOLT HOLE AND CORRODED ON THE BROKEN SURFACE. THE LOWER INBOARD BOLT LUG WAS ALSO BROKEN BUT NOT CORRODED. REPLACED THE IDLER PULLEY SUPPORT IAW DC-9 MM 20-17-2-001.

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