Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 8, 2003
Submitted
October 24, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N981DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53268
Aircraft time
34,312 hours, 26,582 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Lt Wing Slat
Component
Slat
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O ON SLAT RETRACTION, GOT THE SLAT DISAGREE LIGHT. FLAPS WERE UP. RECYCLED FLAPS TO NO AVAIL. FOLLOWED POM PROCEDURE AND RETURNED TO DFW. REQUIRED 2 UNITS OF RUDDER TRIM TO THE LEFT FOR LEVEL FLIGHT. OPERATED NORMALLY DURING EXTENSION FOR LANDING. FOUND LEFT WING SENSOR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. ADJUSTED SAME.

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