What was found
AIR TURNBACK, NR 3 LEADING EDGE FLAP LEFT WING WOULDN'T RETRACT ELECTRICALLY. PNEUMATICS WAS DISCONNECTED FOR PREVIOUS WRITE UP PAGE 597439. DUMPED 26.5 KILO OF FUEL. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT HAND NR 3 L/E PDU IAW MM 27-81-03.
- Difficulty date
- May 25, 2006
- Submitted
- June 1, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N516MC
- Make and model
- Boeing 747243B
- Aircraft serial
- 22507
- Aircraft time
- 92,887 hours, 16,688 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2782 · Leading Edge Slat Actuator
- Part
- Pdu
- Part number
- 126344231
- Part serial
- 5217
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- L/E Flap
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F, J
- Precautionary procedure
- J, A
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