Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date
December 18, 2020
Submitted
December 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N717TW
Make and model
Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial
28485
Aircraft time
77,382 hours, 19,393 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Slat System
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE CREW HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN EICAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATING FOR LEADING EDGE SLAT ASYMMETRY WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH. FLIGHT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT SLAT POSITION TRANSMITTER, PER B757 AMM 27-88. FUNCTIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.