Service difficulty report · Seal · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
October 26, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft time
139 hours
Engine
Ge CF348E5
Part
Seal
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Nr 4 Slat
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

(CAN) ON COMPLETION OF A REGULAR SLAT TRACK LUBE, A SLIGHT `CLICKING` SOUND WAS NOTED DURING THE FINAL STEP OF A SLAT OPS CHECK. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SOUND WAS BEING CAUSED BY: 1- RT WING OTBD SEAL ON NR 4 SLAT IS WORN AND CRACKED. 2- RT WING NR 4 SLAT INBD NR 8 SLAT TRACK MOBILE COVER ACTUATING FORKS WERE NOTED BENT. THIS CAUSES THE COVER TO RIDE UNEVENLY DURING SLAT EXTENSION AND RETRACTIONS. MFG HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE.

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