Service difficulty report · Actuator · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 12, 2004
Submitted
April 17, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N160PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49763
Aircraft time
42,093 hours, 29,652 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
6010N000103
Part serial
1591
Condition
Failed
Location
Slats
Part time
33,496 hours, 22,701 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF DURING TAXIING THE AUTO SLAT FAIL LIGHT TURNED ON. AT PLATFORM, THE TECHNICAL PERSONNEL PERFORMED A TEST TO THE SYSTEM GETTING THE SAME RESULTS WITH FAIL CODE IN BOTH COMPUTERS. AIRPLANE WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE BOTH AUTO SLAT ACTUATORS WERE REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MM 27-80-08. ADDITIONALLY S1-467 SWITCH AND ATTACK ANGLE WERE REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MM 27-80-07 AND 34-19-01, TESTS WERE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MM 27-80-08 AND 34-19-00, ALL CORRECT.

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