Service difficulty report · Slat System · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
July 19, 2008
Submitted
May 11, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N712QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
073
Aircraft time
4,248 hours, 2,596 cycles
Part
Slat System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHEN RETRACTING SLATS AFTER TAKEOFF A THUD WAS FELT AND SLATS WOULD NOT RETRACT. SLATS UNBAL. MESSAGE APPEARS ON EICAS. SUB: VISUALLY INSPECTED LT AND RT WING SLATS WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED AT THIS TIME. PERFORMED FLAP / SLAT RIGGING TEST IAW AMM 27-50-00, 27-80-00, AND 27-50-05. FLAP/SLAT RIGGING TEST IS GOOD AT THIS TIME.