# SDR 2010FA0000031

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 17, 2009
- Submitted: January 15, 2010
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N1437V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1437V), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna R172K
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: R1722190
- System (JASC): [2750 · Trailing Edge Flap Control System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2750)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0000031

## Discrepancy

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.

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