Service difficulty report · Pulley · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
July 23, 2000
Submitted
September 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N672MC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47661
Aircraft time
49,729 hours, 80,922 cycles
Part
Pulley
Condition
Broken
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

HNL - FLT 347 - ON APPROACH AT FLAPS 5 DEGREES SELECTION, 'SLAT DISAGREEMENT' LIGHT CAME ON. PERFORMED SLAT DISAGREEMENT PROCEDURE AND LANDED IN KOA. ON DEPARTURE OUT AT APPROX 180 KNOTS AT FLAPS 15, BLUE SLAT LIGHT WENT OUT AND 'SLAT DISAGREE' ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT CAME ON. ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT WENT OUT WHEN SLATS RETRACTED. ALSO ON APPROACH AT APPROX 210 KNOTS WITH FLAPS 5 DEGREES, SLAT LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF AND THEN CAME BACK ON. IN KOA, INSPECTED LT AND RT SLAT CONTROL ASSY. CHECKED OK, OPS CHECKED CONDITION AND SECURITY, OK. MPCW ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. REPLACED RT SLAT EXTEND SWITCH. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. IN HNL, FOUND NR 3 SLAT INBD EXTEND CABLE PULLEY BROKEN. REPLACED PULLEY, OPS CHECKED OK. (X)

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