What was found
OWNER COMPLAINT - WHEN FLAPS "DOWN" WAS SELECTED, SPARKS CAME OUT AROUND HANDLE. FOUND MICROSWITCH PN S1906-1, BROKEN IN HALF, AND SHORTING OUT ON MOUNTING BRACKET. SWITCH BELIEVED TO BE ORIGINAL. REPLACED SWITCH, ALL OPS NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- December 17, 2009
- Submitted
- January 15, 2010
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N1437V
- Make and model
- Cessna R172K
- Aircraft serial
- R1722190
- System (JASC)
- 2750 · Trailing Edge Flap Control System
- Part
- Switch
- Part number
- S19061
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Te Flaps
- Part time
- 2,149 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.