What was found
RIGHT WING OUTBOARD NR 8 SLAT HAS A BROKEN DRIVE CABLE. REPLACED THE SLAT CABLES 84E & 84F IAW AMM 20-20-06-2. PERFORMED TENSION ADJUSTMENT OF THE DRIVE CABLE.
- Difficulty date
- August 10, 2017
- Submitted
- August 14, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N574FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48499
- Aircraft time
- 82,483 hours, 19,081 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2780 · Leading Edge Slat Control System
- Part
- Cable
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Nr 8 Slat
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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