Service difficulty report · Electronic Unit · Boeing 767316F

Difficulty date
August 22, 2017
Submitted
August 24, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68079
Make and model
Boeing 767316F
Aircraft serial
32573
Aircraft time
63,489 hours, 21,162 cycles
Part
Electronic Unit
Part number
285T004963
Part serial
F01555
Condition
Failed
Location
Slats
Part time
264,119 hours, 1,308 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LE SLAT ASSEMBLY ON UPPER EICAS IN FLIGHT. THIS WAS PRECEDED BY THE FLAP INDICATOR NEEDLE RAPIDLY CYCLING BETWEEN UP AND THE MID RANGE POSITION BETWEEN UP AND 1. WHEN MOVED THE FLAP HANDLE FROM UP TO 1, THE LE SLAT ASSYM CAME ON UPPER EICAS WITH MASTER CAUTION. SLATS WERE LOCKED OUT FOR LANDING. BITE CHECKED PROXIMITY ELETRONIC UNIT, MCDP AND FLAP/SLAT ELECTRONICS UNITS, NO FAULTS LOGGED LAST FLIGHT LEG. INSPECTED LEADING EDGE SLAT POS SENSORS FOR OBVIOUS DEFECTS, NONE FOUND. ACCOMPLISHED BITE CHECKS OF THE PSEU AND FSEU PER MM 32-09-04-4, 27-51-01-4 ALL TESTED NORMALLY WITH NO FAULTS. SUSPECT FSEU AT FAULT, REPLACED SAME REF MM 27-51-01-4, AND OPS CHECKED NORMAL PER MM 27-51-01-4, 27-51-45-2-0. CYCLED FLAPS SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO ABNORMAL INDICATION AND NORMAL OPERATION.