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An air carrier PIC declares an emergency for a partial flap, no slat landing in his A320. All ATC agencies and company sections were notified or consulted during this incident. Postflt indicated a problem with the #3 left slat actuator.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 381382 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199709 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : oak tower : sfo tower : msy |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other other |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 2600 |
| ASRS Report | 381382 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft was clean. Selected flaps 1 degree, got amber indication and no movement and ECAM 'F/control slat fault.' recycled flap handle per ECAM, no help. Tried 3 times, no movement. Followed communication procedures for 'no slat, flaps 3 degrees' landing. Planned approach speed 152 KTS. Sfo runway 28R. Landing weight 124000 pounds. 115 passenger, 5 crew plus 2 extra crew members. Fuel 6500 pounds. ATC emergency declared -- yellow company emergency declared with dispatch (talked with dispatch and maintenance control on phone patch while airborne, sfo operations also notified). Briefed lead flight attendant and captain. Spoke with passenger. Landing was smooth and normal turnoff made at taxiway T. No further problems. Had dispatch call safety chairman. No chief pilots available at that time of day. (Later, maintenance control found that #3 slat actuator on left side was bad.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR PIC DECLARES AN EMER FOR A PARTIAL FLAP, NO SLAT LNDG IN HIS A320. ALL ATC AGENCIES AND COMPANY SECTIONS WERE NOTIFIED OR CONSULTED DURING THIS INCIDENT. POSTFLT INDICATED A PROB WITH THE #3 L SLAT ACTUATOR.
Narrative: ACFT WAS CLEAN. SELECTED FLAPS 1 DEG, GOT AMBER INDICATION AND NO MOVEMENT AND ECAM 'F/CTL SLAT FAULT.' RECYCLED FLAP HANDLE PER ECAM, NO HELP. TRIED 3 TIMES, NO MOVEMENT. FOLLOWED COM PROCS FOR 'NO SLAT, FLAPS 3 DEGS' LNDG. PLANNED APCH SPD 152 KTS. SFO RWY 28R. LNDG WT 124000 LBS. 115 PAX, 5 CREW PLUS 2 EXTRA CREW MEMBERS. FUEL 6500 LBS. ATC EMER DECLARED -- YELLOW COMPANY EMER DECLARED WITH DISPATCH (TALKED WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL ON PHONE PATCH WHILE AIRBORNE, SFO OPS ALSO NOTIFIED). BRIEFED LEAD FLT ATTENDANT AND CAPT. SPOKE WITH PAX. LNDG WAS SMOOTH AND NORMAL TURNOFF MADE AT TXWY T. NO FURTHER PROBS. HAD DISPATCH CALL SAFETY CHAIRMAN. NO CHIEF PLTS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME OF DAY. (LATER, MAINT CTL FOUND THAT #3 SLAT ACTUATOR ON L SIDE WAS BAD.)
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.