Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 12, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48491
Aircraft time
60,804 hours, 11,482 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Slat System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON SLATS RETRACT UNCOMMAND ROLL TO THE RT, REQUIRE FULL LT AILERON AND RUDDER, NO SLAT DISAGREEMENT, NO ALERT, MOVE SLAT HANDLE BACK TO SLATS EXTEND, ACFT UNDER CONTROL, MADE NORMAL FLAPS 35 LANDING PVG WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSTALLED THE LT OTBD SLATS BALANCE RELIEF VALVE IAW AMM 27-82-12-4. PRESSURIZE ALL THE HYD SYS AND PERFORMED LEAK CHECK FOR BOTH LT SLAT BLANCE RELIEF VALVE, OTBD SLAT CONTROL VALVE AND BOTH CHECK VALVE NO LEAK FOUND. PERFORMED THE SLAT BLANCE RELIEF VALVE FUNCTIONAL TEST IAW AMM 27-86-00-5, ALL TEST SATISFACTORY. PERFORMED THE ELECTRIC SLAT CONTROL SYSTEM OPS, ALL TEST IAW AMM 27-86-00-5, ALL TEST PASSED. ITEM CLOSED FOR TEST FLIGHT.

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