Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
July 22, 2014
Submitted
August 29, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N992FD
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22912
Aircraft time
76,640 hours, 37,811 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Tripped
Location
Le Slat
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

LE SLAT ASM EICAS MSG WHILE RETRACTING FLAPS DURING TAKEOFF. COMPLIED WITH QRH, LANDED NOTICED NO ROLLING OR CONTROL DIFFICULTY. LT ALTN FLAP & FLAPS AT 20 DEGREES. FOUND UPPER EICAS WITH AMBER LE SLATS ASYM MSG DISPLAYED BUT NO LOWER EICAS OR SELECTED EICAS MSG FAULT. NO FURTHER TIME TO WORK, PREPPING TRANSLOAD ACFT. TROUBLE SHOT IAW FIM. FOUND RT WING OTBD SLAT LOSS SWITCH TRIPPED. RESET SWITCH INSPECTED CABLE, NO DEFECTS NOTED. DID FIND ADEQUATE LUBE ON CABLE RUN. INSPECTED RT INBD SLAT LOSS SWITCH & NO DEFECTS NOTED IT ALSO HAD ADEQUATE LUBE. CYCLED SLATS & FLAPS NUMEROUS TIMES NO FAULTS DETECTED. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.