Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
September 20, 2010
Submitted
September 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N811FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
457
Aircraft time
44,667 hours, 12,651 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4152
Part
Actuator
Part number
31058311
Part serial
W11XB
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Malfunctioned
Part time
11,228 hours, 5,835 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON FINAL TO 15L ICN SELECTING FLAPS 40 HAD AMBER SPOILER 5 FAULT, REPEAT HAPPENED 2 TIMES. DID MISSED APPROACH AND WHILE DOING QRH PROCEDURE ACFT COMMANDED 15 DEG LT TURN WITH CONTROL WHEEL. SELECTED FLIGHT CONTROLS AND NOTED SPOILERS LT 5,6,7 WERE ALL UP AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED NO LT TURNS, ON FINAL GOT LT 5,6,7 SPOILERS OFF IAW QRH. LT 5,6,7 SPOILERS. R & R BOTH EFCU IAW AMM 27-61-34-04-0, LT NR5 OUTER GROUP SPOILER VALVE IAW AMM 27-64-13-04-0 AND LT NR5 SPOILER ACTUATOR IAW AMM 27-64-14-04-0 AND THEN SPOILER ROLL TEST AND SPOILER/SPEEDBRAKE SYS OPS CHECKED NORMAL IAW AMM 27-11-00-05, 27-61-00-05. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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