What was found
WHILE RETRACTING L/E SLAT, O/B NR 1 SEAL BROKE OFF. DAMAGED SEAL REMOVED FROM LT O/B SECTION OF LEADING EDGE SLAT. REPLACED LE SLAT SEAL.
- Difficulty date
- February 4, 2013
- Submitted
- February 15, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N218UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 30222
- Aircraft time
- 50,785 hours, 6,177 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW40903
- System (JASC)
- 5754 · Leading Edge Devices
- Part
- Seal
- Part number
- 114W47141
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- L/E Slats
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.