20041219032379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Bedford, MA · December 19, 2004

Date
December 19, 2004 · 18:06 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
H1ES
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4990R
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) End of routine training flight, approach to bed flaps deployed to 40 degrees. Instructor had student initiate go-around and on climb out noticed the flaps would not retract fully. Aircraft landed safely with no controllability problems. Upon removal of the wrinkled flap, it appears the outboard flap roller bearing had seized.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) END OF ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHT, APPROACH TO BED FLAPS DEPLOYED TO 40 DEGREES. INSTRUCTOR HAD STUDENT INITIATE GO-AROUND AND ON CLIMB OUT NOTICED THE FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT FULLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO CONTROLLABILITY PROBLEMS. UPON REMOVAL OF THE WRINKLED FLAP, IT APPEARS THE OUTBOARD FLAP ROLLER BEARING HAD SEIZED.