Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 1, 2009
Submitted
June 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25698
Aircraft time
67,259 hours, 19,514 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Valve
Part number
S251N4042
Part serial
0714
Condition
Faulty
Location
Le Slat
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON AUTO SLAT EXTENSION TEST SLATS FAIL TO EXTEND SMOOTHLY. CHANGED SOL VLV ASSY BORROWED FROM NWA, NOW FLAPS WILL NOT EXTEND HYD FOUND INPUT SHAFT SHEARED FROM THE FLAP DRIVE UNIT TO THE PDU. WHEN ACP AUTO SLAT EXTENSION TEST, SLATS START, STOP, THEN CONTINUE TO FULL DOWN, INSTEAD OF ONE MOVEMENT. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT STALL SYS. REPLACED T/E FLAP POWER DRIVE VALVE ASSY.