Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
October 7, 2008
Submitted
November 20, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8923E
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
45838
Aircraft time
73,839 hours, 78,465 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Defective
Location
Anti-Ice Sys
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH INTO YYZ AFTER FLIGHT CREW SET THE LEADING EDGE SLATS TO EXTEND, FLAPS AT ZERO, THE AMBER SLAT DISAGREEMENT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL OF THE ACFT TO THE LT OCCURRED. THE SLATS WERE RETRACTED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY, THE FLAPS EXTENDED TO 40 AND THE ACFT COMPLETED A NO SLAT LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER DIFFICULTIES. MX FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED THE SYSTEM AND REPLACED THE LT SIDE T-DUCT AS A RESULT. LEAK CHECK OF THE AIRFOIL ANTI-ICE SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS OF THE SLAT AND FLAP SYSTEMS WERE ALL GOOD AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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