Service difficulty report · Structure · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 6, 2005
Submitted
October 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N158PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49761
Aircraft time
46,559 hours, 32,153 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Structure
Condition
Damaged
Location
Slats
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

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING SLATS EXTENSION, AIRPLANE TURNED TO LT 5 AND LT WING DOWN CONDITION, IT ENDS ONCE TAKEOFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AFTER SLATS EXTENSION PROCESS. AIRPLANE WAS SENT TO HANGAR AND SLATS / FLAPS SEQUENCE MECHANISM AND BUS CABLE CONDITION WERE CHECKED, TESTED CORRECT. IN NEXT FLIGHT CAPTAIN REPORTED SAME CONDITION, SO DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK EXCESSIVE WEAR WAS DETECTED IN SLAT ZERO OF RT WING. INTERCONNECTION PINS OF SLATS 0 AND 1 WERE REPLACED IAW MM 27-80-01. ADJUSTMENTS OF FLAP FIXED VANE BOTH SIDES, FLAP/SLAT SEQUENCE MECHANISM WERE VERIFIED. FLAPS CONTROL SYSTEM OF BOTH SIDES WAS TESTED IAW MM 27-51-03, 27-50-00 AND 27-81-02, ALL CORRECT.

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