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An A300-600 on descent had leading edge slats fail to extend. Trailing edge flaps extended normally. Had both dual slat lights on overhead panel 'on.'
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 643964 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 643964 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : dual slat warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Slats failure during descent. No slat extension; flaps extended properly. Dual slat lights on overhead panel 'on.' checklist and ECAM completed and emergency declared with approach control. Normal landing; no other problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300-600 ON DSCNT HAD LEADING EDGE SLATS FAIL TO EXTEND. TRAILING EDGE FLAPS EXTENDED NORMALLY. HAD BOTH DUAL SLAT LIGHTS ON OVERHEAD PANEL 'ON.'
Narrative: SLATS FAILURE DURING DSCNT. NO SLAT EXTENSION; FLAPS EXTENDED PROPERLY. DUAL SLAT LIGHTS ON OVERHEAD PANEL 'ON.' CHKLIST AND ECAM COMPLETED AND EMER DECLARED WITH APCH CTL. NORMAL LNDG; NO OTHER PROBS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.