Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
October 9, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft time
70,942 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Switch
Part number
651781823
Condition
Failed
Location
Slat Actuator
Component
Actuator · Decoto
Component part number
651781823
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

(CAN) JUST AFTER DEPARTURE FROM YYZ, THE PILOTS NOTICED WHEN SELECTING FLAPS 5 TO FLAPS 2, THE LEADING EDGE FLAP INDICATOR ON THE FORWARD PANEL WENT MOMENTARILY GREEN THEN BACK TO AMBER. THE LEADING EDGE INDICATOR ON THE REAR PANEL INDICATED THE NR 1 LEADING EDGE IN TRANSIT. FUEL WAS DUMPED IN ORDER TO REDUCE LANDING WEIGHT OF THE ACFT AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO YYZ. MX TROUBLESHOT THE SYSTEM AND INSTALLED A JUMPER CABLE ON THE SLAT ACTUATOR TO ENABLE THE ACFT TO DEPART.