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A landing S80 has a failure of the autospoiler system. On touchdown the spoiler handle went to the stowed position. Disarmed, the spoilers did not automatic deploy as intended upon landing at ord, il.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 462408 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 462408 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : spoiler handle other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On a recent S80 flight, the autospoilers had been armed prior to landing. Upon touchdown, they made a brief squeaking sound which sounded like normal deployment but the sound was not as lengthy. I glanced at the spoiler handle and observed that it never moved aft as expected, but instead it moved into the disarmed position and remained there. I then reached down and manually moved the handle into the spoiler-deployed position. The first officer also observed the behavior of the spoiler handle and confirmed that it disarmed itself. I do not remember the aircraft number or the flight number.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A LNDG S80 HAS A FAILURE OF THE AUTOSPOILER SYS. ON TOUCHDOWN THE SPOILER HANDLE WENT TO THE STOWED POS. DISARMED, THE SPOILERS DID NOT AUTO DEPLOY AS INTENDED UPON LNDG AT ORD, IL.
Narrative: ON A RECENT S80 FLT, THE AUTOSPOILERS HAD BEEN ARMED PRIOR TO LNDG. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THEY MADE A BRIEF SQUEAKING SOUND WHICH SOUNDED LIKE NORMAL DEPLOYMENT BUT THE SOUND WAS NOT AS LENGTHY. I GLANCED AT THE SPOILER HANDLE AND OBSERVED THAT IT NEVER MOVED AFT AS EXPECTED, BUT INSTEAD IT MOVED INTO THE DISARMED POS AND REMAINED THERE. I THEN REACHED DOWN AND MANUALLY MOVED THE HANDLE INTO THE SPOILER-DEPLOYED POS. THE FO ALSO OBSERVED THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SPOILER HANDLE AND CONFIRMED THAT IT DISARMED ITSELF. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE ACFT NUMBER OR THE FLT NUMBER.
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.