Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
December 6, 2003
Submitted
December 8, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
082
Aircraft time
44,832 hours, 20,292 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
830A000002
Part serial
01395
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Slat
Part time
44,834 hours, 20,292 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH INTO DTW EN ROUTE FROM LAS THE LEADING EDGE SLAT SYSTEM LOCKED OUT AT POSITION 1 WHEN SELECTED, TRAILING EDGE FLAPS OPERATED NORMALLY. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND LT WING SLAT WING TIP BRAKE INDICATOR POPPED, RESET INDICATOR AND CYCLED SLATS SEVERAL TIMES, ALL OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL. A FOLLOW-UP WAS WRITTEN TO REPLACE THE LT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT ACTUATOR AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. ON 12/07/2003 MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT WING NR 5 SLAT ACTUATOR IAW AMM 27-84-49, PG 401; OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.

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