Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna 340A

Difficulty date
October 14, 2003
Submitted
October 28, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N340FP
Make and model
Cessna 340A
Aircraft serial
340A0298
Part
Switch
Part number
BZ7RWT80
Condition
Failed
Location
Flap Actuator
Part time
2,781 hours
Component
Flap Actuator
Component part number
51152373
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING WHILE TAXING BACK, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS. THE UP MICRO SWITCH FAILED TO STOP THE FLAPS AT THEIR UP LIMIT. BOTH CHAINS ATTACHED TO THE FLAP CABLES WERE BROKEN OR DAMAGED. SEVERAL OPERATING RODS WERE DAMAGED AND A PULLEY WAS PULLED OUT OF ITS MOUNT. IT COULD NOT BE VERIFIED THAT THE MICRO SWITCH HAD AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE. A PROBABLE EXPLANATION WAS THE CAM AND UP MICRO SWITCH WERE SLIGHTLY OUT OF RIG ALLOWING THE FLAP GEAR BOX TO OVER RUN. THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED THRU YEARS TO TWEAKING THE LT SWITCH TO RAISE THE FLAPS FULLY. WE ARE GOING TO PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO THE FUNCTIONING AND RIGGING OF THE FLAP SYSTEM TO TRY TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. (K)

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