ACR FLT CREW HAS SLAT EXTENSION PROBLEM; REQUEST EMER EQUIP STAND BY. CORRECTS PROBLEM; NORMAL LNDG.
Synopsis
ACR FLT CREW HAS SLAT EXTENSION PROBLEM; REQUEST EMER EQUIP STAND BY. CORRECTS PROBLEM; NORMAL LNDG.
Narrative
WHILE MANEUVERING FOR AN ILS WITH FLAPS AND SLATS EXTENDED WE GOT A SLAT DISAGREEMENT LIGHT. WE FOLLOWED COMPANY PROCS AND RECYCLED THE SLATS AND LIGHT WENT OUT. AFTER SELECTING 15 DEG FLAPS THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND WOULDN'T GO OUT. THE FO VISUALLY INSPECTED THE SLATS AND INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT BOTH DOWN THE SAME AMOUNT. WE AGAIN WENT TO COMPANY PROCS AND THEY DIRECT US TO RESTORE THE SLATS TO THE POS WHERE THEY AGREE WITH THE AMOUNT SELECTED; WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS SLATS UP; WE ASKED TO BE PULLED OFF THE APCH TO PREPARE THE ACFT AND CABIN FOR A NO SLAT LNDG. I ASKED FOR THE EQUIP TO BE STANDING BY BUT CONFIRMED WE WERE NOT DECLARING AN EMER. I TOLD THE CTLR WE HAD A SLAT PROBLEM. I HAD THE FLT ATTENDANTS PREPARE THE CABIN AND BRIEFED THE PAX ON THE NATURE OF OUR PROBLEM AND TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THEIR EMER EXIT LOCATION AND OP SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. I CHOSE TO DO ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF OUR HIGHER THAN NORMAL LNDG SPD (152 KTS). AFTER STARTING OUR APCH (STILL OUTSIDE THE LOM) THE FO NOTICED THE HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE NOT IN THE HI POS (NECESSARY FOR NORMAL SLAT OP). AFTER SELECTING HI PUMP POS THE SLATS OPERATED NORMALLY. I HAD APCH SECURE THE EQUIP PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE ILS AND WE LANDED NORMALLY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS WE MISSED PUTTING THE PUMPS TO THE HI POS DURING THE APCH CHK BECAUSE OF A DISTR WITH ATC COMS. IT PROGRESSED TO THE POINT IT DID; BECAUSE COMPANY PROCS NEVER MENTIONED THE OBVIOUS IN THIS ABNORMAL; CHK THE HYDRAULIC PUMPS IN HI POS. HUMAN FACTORS INCLUDE A XA:00 AM GET UP THIS DAY; THIS WAS THE 4TH ILS APCH PREVIOUS 8 TO MIN FOR THE DAY; ALL FOLLOWING A 12+ HR DAY PREVIOUSLY WITH 4 OF 5 LEGS TO LOW IFR MIN APCHS. I THINK A REVIEW OF COMPANY PROC FOR THIS ABNORMAL AND A REWRITE WOULD PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.