Service difficulty report · Limiter · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
August 26, 2008
Submitted
January 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
456
Aircraft time
53,920 hours, 11,439 cycles
Part
Limiter
Part number
516A000002
Part serial
K1142
Condition
Failed
Location
Slat Torque
Part time
3,783 hours, 2,190 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH WITH LANDING GEAR DOWN AND FLAPS 20/20, F/O GOT UNRELIABLE AIRSPEED ON PFD FOLLOWED BY SLATS/FLAPS SYS 1 AND 2 FAULT O/H. SLATS/FLAPS CYCLED PER QRH, THE LIGHT/FAULTS CLEARED CONFIGURED AGAIN THE SLATS STUCK AT 15 DEGREES. FOLLOWED QRH FOR SLATS STUCK LANDING. ON FINAL AP FLAP HANDLE AT 40 DEGREES SLATS BROKE FREE AND WENT TO 30 DEGREES SLATS WITH 40 DEG FLAPS. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. SLAT/FLAP RETRACT ON THE GND WAS NORMAL. CKD SLAT 0 POSITION AND INDEX OF LT APPU, W/W IPPU AND FPPU, CHK OK. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT APPU ALL AMM 27-81-19-4. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT SLAT TORQUE LIMITER PER AMM 27-84-12-4 OPS CHK NORMAL PER AMM 27-84-00-5 OFF MFG 516A0000-02, SRL K1142, ON MFG 516A0000-03 SRL 00722.

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