Service difficulty report · Cable · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 21, 2011
Submitted
November 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28750
Aircraft time
49,978 hours, 14,076 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Cable
Condition
Damaged
Location
Slat System
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

L/E SLAT ASYM DISPLAY, AIR TURNBACK. ACCOMPLISHED TROUBLESHOOTING PER MM. FSEU NR 1 SHOWS SLAT LOSS 317 ON FLIGHT LEG "0". FSEU NR 2 BITE SHOWS SLAT LOSS 337 ON EXISTING FAULTS. FOUND LT INBD SLAT LOSS SWITCH CABLE DAMAGED WITH TEFLON COATING JAMMED UP INSIDE TUBE. REPLACED CABLE. LT WING OTBD SW CABLE SPRING MECHANISM WRAPPED INCORRECTLY. LEFT INBD SLAT LOSS WHITE HOOK SPRING IS WRONG PART (TOO LONG) PER IPC. REPLACED HOOK SPRING. AFTER OPEN LT WING OTBD PANEL FOR OTBD SLAT LOSS SWITCH FOUND TRIGGERED ALSO. FOUND HOOK SPRING CATCHING ON COIL SPRING AND COIL SPRING ORIENTATED INCORRECTLY, REPLACED COIL SPRING & HOOK SPRING. REPLACED SPRING & HOOK FOR RT INBD LE SLAT LOSS SWITCH WITH CORRECT CONFIG PARTS, OP CHECKED GOOD. NO BINDING, NO FAULTS.