Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
May 11, 2019
Submitted
May 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6710E
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
30482
Aircraft time
63,628 hours, 23,412 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Faulty
Location
Le Slat
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(AIRCRAFT 6710, L/P 5635324) REPEAT FROM 8 MAY FLIGHTS. EARLY AT CRUISE AT FL 370. GOT "LE SLAT ASYM" EICAS MSG AND "LEADING EDGE" DISCRETE LIGHT ABOVE GAUGE. ALSO FLAP GAUGE BRIEFLY INDICATED BOTH FLAPS HALFWAY BETWEEN FLAPS UP AND 1. AFTER INDICATOR WENT BACK TO FLAPS UP, LEADING EDGE "INDICATOR LIGHT" REMAINED ON. ACCOMPLISHED LEADING EDGE SLAT ASYMMETRY QRH CHECKLIST. "LEADING EDGE LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER SHUTDOWN AT GATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED POSITION TRANSMITTER PER AMM 27-88. OPS TEST NML. DUE TO PREV HISTORY WITH FAULT CODE 330 PERFORMED WIRING CHECKS FROM POSITION XMITTER TO FSEU1. WIRING CHECKS GOOD PER WDM 27-51-41. PERFORMED INSPECTION OF POPPED INDICATOR OF SLAT DRIVE MOTOR AS REQUESTED, CKS OK. MCC NOTIFIED.