Service difficulty report · Nut · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
April 14, 2015
Submitted
April 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
362
Aircraft time
528 hours, 24,697 cycles
Part
Nut
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON APPROACH, WHEN CONFIG FROM SLATS 15 TO FLAPS 15, RECEIVED FLAPS SYS 1 & SYS 2 FAULT. RECYCLED HANDLE TO SLATS 15 IAW PHASE ONES THEN RE-ATTEMPTED FLAPS 15, SAME RESULT FLAPS SYS 1 & SYS 2 FAULT. REVIEWED QRH, ELECTED TO DIVERT, ON APPROACH, CONFIGURED WHEN ATTEMPTED FLAPS 15, CONFIGURATION WENT TO SLATS 30 FLAPS 15. TRIED 20, RECEIVED FLAPS SYS 1 & SYS 2 FAULTS. MADE UNEVENTFUL 30/15 LANDING. TROUBLESHOT IAW TSM 27-50-02. FOUND LT WHEELWELL TORQUE LIMITER TRIPPED. FOUND LT NR 4 FLAP TRANS TORQUE LIMITER TRIPPED. LT NR 4 TRANSMISSION SERVICED TO FULL WITH NO EVIDENCE OF WATER CONTAMINATION. FOUND NR 4 JACKSCREW BALLNUT WITH VERY LITTLE GREASE. FILLED AND FLUSHED NR 4 JACKSCREW BALLNUT WITH GREASE. RESET BOTH TORQUE LIMITERS AND RAN FLAPS SEVERAL TIMES WITH ENG AT RUNNING. NO FAULTS OR JAMBS IAW MM 12-22-27-00, 12-13-27-00, AND TSM 27-50-02.

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