Service difficulty report · Actuator · Amd FALCON10

Difficulty date
February 23, 2004
Submitted
March 25, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569DW
Make and model
Amd FALCON10
Aircraft serial
220
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Actuator
Part number
10609008
Part serial
2021
Condition
Leaking
Location
L/E Slat
Part time
7,486 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT, SLATS RETRACTED NORMALLY. THEN A MASSIVE HYDRAULIC LEAK APPEARED ON OB LEFT WING. NR 1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM BEGAN TO EMPTY. LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND LANDING WAS MADE NORMALLY. AFTER INVESTIGATING PROBLEMS WAS LT, OB SLAT ACTUATOR. THE RETRACTION SWIVEL END FROZE AND IT CAUSED THE HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE LE OF THE OB WING TO BREAK CAUSING THE LEAK. SB 212 ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM AND WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT THE FACTORY. MFG IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM.