SDR 20071201

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Amd FALCON900EX

Difficulty date
December 11, 2007
Submitted
December 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N88ND
Make and model
Amd FALCON900EX
Aircraft serial
19
Aircraft time
3,519 hours, 14,519 cycles
Part
Bolt
Part number
54147
Condition
Missing
Location
Flap Rod
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O FLT CREW EXPERIENCED A FLAP ASYMMETRY UPON FLAP RETRACTION. FLAPS WERE HELD AT 14 DEGREES & WOULD NOT MOVE. CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT. UPON LANDING, MX INSPECTED & FOUND THE RT WING, 2ND OUTBOARD FLAP ROD, UNIVERSAL JOINT DISCONNECTED & BOLT MISSING. FOUND NO OTHER DAMAGE. MX REINSTALLED NEW BOLT, RIGGED PER AFM & OPS TESTED OK. BOLT HOLDING THE RT WING 2ND OUTBOARD FLAP DRIVE TUBE SPLINE TO UNIVERSAL JOINT TIGHTENING FORK MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AFTER MAINTENANCE ON A PREVIOUS "C" CHECK INSPECTION. BOLT & LOCKING DEVICE WERE NOT FOUND. THE CONCLUSION THAT BOLT MOST LIKELY NOT INSTALLED WAS REACHED BY LACK OF WITNESS MARKS ON WING STRUCTURE LOCATED CLOSE TO FLAP CONTROL ROD UNIVERSAL JOINT.