Service difficulty report · Slat System · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
October 10, 2015
Submitted
October 13, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
559
Aircraft time
459 hours, 18,915 cycles
Part
Slat System
Part number
4909505
Part serial
01152
Condition
Malfunctioned
Part time
27,110 hours, 14,693 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SLAT SYSTEMS 1 & 2 FAULTED DURING EXTENSION. SPF I SLAT LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. CYCLING SLATS, DID NOT CORRECT THE STUCK SLATS. BITE CHECKED SFCC'S, FOUND SLAT JAM FAULT ON BOTH. RESET SFCC'S, OPERATED SLATS NO HELP FAULTS ON SFCC'S RETURNED. SWAPPED SFCC'S AND RECEIVED FAULT ON ONLY NR 2 SFCC IN NR 1 POSITION. RETURNED SFCC'S TO ORIGIONAL POSITION. DOWN POWERED A/C TO DEPART TAIL SWAP A/C. FAULTS RESET WHILE T/S IAW TSM 27-80-02. FOUND NO FAULTS AT TORQUE LIMITERS ON EITHER SIDE OF SYSTEM. OPERATED SLATS/FLAPS TO FULL TRAVEL, NO FAULTS NOTED. ORDERING BOTH SFCC'S PRECAUTIONARY. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 SFCC IAW AMM 27-51-18-04. OPS CHECKED OK. ALSO, RAN BOTH ENGINES IAW JRH FOR SLAT/FLAPS OPERATION CHECK. OPERATED THE SLAT/FLAP SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH FULL RANGE WITHOUT ANY FAULTS. PERFORMED AMM 27-51-00-05 TEST, WITHOUT ANY NOTED.

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