Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
December 6, 2000
Submitted
February 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N460CP
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500021
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Actuator
Part number
991405457
Condition
Failed
Location
Flap Actuator
Part time
7,920 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LANDING APPROACH, THE FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO 20 DEGREE. AC BEGAN UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE RIGHT AND HAD TO BE COUNTERED USING AILERON INPUT. AFTER LANDING, FLAPS WERE RAISED TO 0 DEGREE. SHORTLY AFTER FLAP FAILED, ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. INSPECTION OF FLAP SYSTEM, FOUND THAT RT INBOARD AND RT MIDDLE FLAPS WERE JAMMED IN THE FLAP TRACKS AND THE 40 AMP FLAP DRIVE MOTOR CURRENT LIMITER HAD BLOWN. THE RT INBOARD CENTER FLAP ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE FLAP ACTUATOR AND CURRENT LIMITER WAS REPLACED AND THE AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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